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Drum Set - MSN Encarta |
 | | The drum set is the most widely used percussion instrument in jazz and in most forms of popular music, including rock music, rhythm-and-blues (R&B) music, country-and-western music, and worldbeat. |
 | | The most important cymbals in the drum set are the large ride cymbal, the bright-sounding crash cymbal, and the horizontally mounted pair of cymbals known as the hi-hat. |
 | | The first drum sets were assembled in the late 1800s after the invention of the bass drum pedal, which enabled all of the basic percussion instruments used in a military band (snare drum, bass drum, and cymbals) to be played simultaneously by one person. |
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