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No.
Marimba, Xylophone, and everything like that are percussion.

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Originally Posted by gunnels (Post 789683)

I always thought keyboard instruments were a class of their own...

Nope, when you get strictly technical about it a keyboard is just the medium through which it is played.

Damn. This is still a discussion. Okay.

A drum makes music. It is an instrument. What else is there to know? You tune them. They play notes. They can be tuned to keys. You can play melodies on them.

Wait we haven't decided this yet?
I thought we already said it was. -_-

Percussion is a type of instrument. Even if the drums don't create a distinct melody, it creates rhythym - an element of music.

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

If an instrument is used in the creation of music, it's a musical instrument

That's basically my opinion as well. Technically, anything that can make a sound can be used as a musical instrument.

And drums can and need to be tuned/maintained over time. Snares become loose, and basically, readjusting anything on a drum kit is "tuning" it because there is no specific sound a drum needs in order to make music.

Hey, a very good question! I think it's of course an musical instrument, but you can easily poke drummers by discusting it! In our band e.g. if we say ("only the instruments") is meant: everyone plays but the drums not:-)

Yes. Of course it is.

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Originally Posted by Schmidti (Post 794719)

It's not really a good question at all. It's a douche bag question really.

>.> Why does this still exist?
No one's arguing anymore.
Everyone's saying the same thing.

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Originally Posted by PJStew (Post 758008)

Hey every one, this may seem like an odd question, but I was having a heated debate with a work colleague last week who believed.

1. a drum is not a musical instrument.
2. a drummer is not a musician.

I personally don't agree!

His argument was.

1. A drum is not a musical instrument, it's a percussion instrument.
2. You can't tune a drum or a drum doesn't go out of tune.
3. You can't play a melody with a drum.

My view on his argument.

1. percussion instrument is a subset of musical instruments, in the same way wind instrument, brass instrument and all the other ones are.
2. I don't think I even need to answer this one, it's just not true.
3. I'm not sure if you could really play a melody on a drum, but I did find some talk on the internet of a few drummers who had played melody with very big drum kits i.e. lots of drums and symbols of different tuning.
But whether you can or you can't it's beside the point, that wouldn't determine whether it's a musical instrument or not.

So anyway please let me know what you all think and vote on the poll

Cheers
Pete

no, its a drum.

He hasn't been back since the day he registered so he couldn't have wanted to know that bad.

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Originally Posted by Conan (Post 794813)

It's not really a good question at all. It's a douche bag question really.

You're terrible,...yet so right.

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