Definition of bass drum
: a large drum having two heads and giving a booming sound of low indefinite pitch — see drum illustration
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Lake Chabot is 93 percent full, temperatures are forecast to rise into the 70s as spring takes hold for boating, fishing, hiking and biking On a spring day, your first glimpse of the East Bay’s Lake Chabot can make your heart beat like a bass drum.
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Instruction is provided for fife, snare and bass drum as well as marching.
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Instruction is provided for fife, snare and bass drum as well as marching.
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Even the guy who played the big bass drum had to dance.
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One theory, the big bass drums are too heavy for women.
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There’s a frisky all-American quality to the jazzy cross-rhythms that propel the central section, punctuated by thwacks of bundled sticks against a bass drum.
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In the rear, the head of a bass drum was scraped by a scrub brush, producing a sound like that of a wind machine.
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The pop artist tackled the lemon shaker and took lead vocals; her host Jimmy Fallon tried his hand at the wood block, bass drum and Casio keyboard; and Questlove looked at ease on the hand clappers.
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First Known Use of bass drum
1798
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