(music) A work played exclusively by the percussion section of a modern marching band, descended from early military marches, primarily as a purposefully emphasized means of providing a beat to marchers.

The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.

plural of ear drum

(music) An early form of drum with a drumhead width greater than its depth.

plural of frame drum

(music) A drum (membranophone) with an hourglass-like shape.

Synonym of hourglass drum

plural of waisted drum

plural of long drum

Synonym of goblet drum