Drum stick

With the sticks, and drumsticks (singular stick, German floor, mallets ) play drums, drummer and percussionist. There are different types and sizes, some standardized ( 2A, 5A, 7B, etc). Sticks are needed to produce sounds on percussion instruments. The English term embroidery is mainly used by drummers, percussionists and drummer speak of mallets.

General

A flash drive consists of a 30 to 45 centimeters long shaft at the tip of the stick head is. Usually the impact sounds by the embroidery head of the instrument can be produced (e.g., skin ), but can also be played to the shaft. Most of the drummer leads in each hand a stick. The way to keep the sticks depends on technology and music direction.

Execution

Notably, the sound of the sound produced by the handling of the stick depends. Therefore, the market offers a variety of sticks in various lengths, thicknesses ( diameters ), weights, hardening, surfaces, profiles, and head shapes. Usually moves the length of sticks from 38.5 to 42.5 inches, the weight varies from 40 to 70 grams. Both measures are highly dependent on materials and workmanship.

Material

Sticks are mainly made of wood. In addition to hickory, oak (English Oak ) and Maple ( Maple ) also sticks from hornbeam ( Hornbeam ) or other, mostly exotic wood species are available. The type of wood has a decisive influence on the sound, the balance and durability of the sticks. The natural product wood brings with it that sometimes substantial differences in quality and nature occur even within one type of wood. This led in the past to some different results in the production. Only through the modern manufacturing process, it was possible to produce Stick couples in which the specimens are almost identical.

Besides the conventional material wood sticks made ​​of carbon, plastic, laminate and metal (usually aluminum) made ​​. Many models exist shank and stick head out of different materials, such as wood stock with plastic head.

Head

The head shape of a stick in large part determined the resulting sound. Since different head shapes on different media ( fur, pool, rubber pads etc. ) always sound different, the selection of the head shape is "right " is often a matter of taste. The material most commonly used for normal embroidery heads is wood; rare nylon is taken.

Also be used jazz broom, at the front end, many fine wires or plastic strips are. Other variants produce the sound with a head made ​​of felt, cork, rubber or yarn.

Drums are played with mallets and have large felt or fabric balls on top.

Pictures

The head of a Drumsticks

Known stick Manufacturers

  • Millenium
  • 3 Drumsticks ( Drum Workshop )
  • Agner
  • Ahead
  • Aquarian
  • Artbeat
  • B -stick
  • Balbex
  • Ice- stix
  • Paiste
  • Pell Wood
  • Promark
  • Regal Tip
  • Rohema (The German Drumstick )
  • Sonorous
  • Schulz Equipment
  • Stagg
  • Starwood
  • Tama
  • Father
  • Vic Firth
  • Zildjian
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