drum kit

noun

: a set of drums and cymbals

Examples of drum kit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Saturday’s Coachella set marked the first time the green drum kit and Bradley’s guitar were on the same stage since the last Sublime tour in 1996. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Apr. 2024 And doing these amazing shows, throwing himself into his drum kit. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2024 There was Ringo Starr, wailing away on his Ludwig Downbeat oyster black pearl drum kit. Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024 Near the 2-minute mark during the sing-along bridge, G Flip picks up drumsticks and spins one of them in their right hand before pounding on the drum kit as the string section assists bringing the cover to its crescendo. Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024 Then, after a terrible, long moment, the drummer in the onstage band, Eric Farber, leaped over his drum kit, scaled the balcony, and stamped out the flames. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024 The group disabled comments on its Instagram page after splitting with Weinberg On Sunday, Weinberg shared a photo of himself maskless playing his drum kit. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023 Following the chimes of church bells, a slippery breakbeat cuts itself off only to layer back atop it, like a drum kit interrupting itself mid-rant with another, more frenzied speech rife with nervous tics. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2023 Growing up in Ohio, Rowland’s first musical love as a kid was his older brother’s drum kit. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023

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“Drum kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drum%20kit. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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