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An historical novel that follows british cavalry officer colby goff from balaclava, the zulu war and the american civil war. Drummers were now playing bigger venues and needed bigger and more powerful drums, as well as a wide variety of sounds to compete for attention with guitars, keyboards, and vocals. Drum kit manufacturers started to pop up all over the world, using different materials such as wood, metal, and even synthetics such as acrylic and fiberglass. The worlds greatest drum kits from appice to peart. A drum kit also called a drum set, trap set an abbreviation of the word, contraption, or simply drums is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hihat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.
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