Floor Tom Anatomy

By the 1930s jazz drummers were playing streamlined kits typically four piece drum sets with a bass snare tom and floor tom along with hi hats a crash cymbal and sometimes a separate ride cymbal.

Floor tom anatomy.

More modern versions of the floor tom now actually hang the tom from a stand and are called either hanging or lo toms. Drum hardware refers to the parts of a drum or drum kit that are used to tension position and otherwise support the instruments themselves. It is usually deeper than the high and mid toms and most commonly features legs. These larger toms are usually set on the floor with three or four legs holding them up.

Your floor tom should be next to your bass drum leg opposite your snare with approximately the same height and angle as the snare. We re dedicated to sharing the mindful life beyond the core or choir to all those who don t yet know they give a care. Most kits feature one floor tom although following 60s rock drummers such as ginger baker many modern drummers add a second floor tom. Elephant isn t just a big web site.

Again drummers have to thank gene krupa for the floor tom and its placement. Floor tom as the standard configuration but includes deeper 10 x 12 and 11 x 13 power toms and also a snare drum that is 6 x 14. Occasionally the hardware is used percussively as well the most common example being a rim shot. Drumset ergonomics part 4.

They are all the same though in essence. In 1909 the ludwig ludwig co. A floor tom and a single or drum sound kits two mounted tom toms. John morrison is noted for his drum solos played entirely on a hi hat stand and occasionally also on other parts of the kit hardware adjacent furniture.

The low tom floor tom is the lowest pitched of the tom toms. You can also choose to buy curved bars on which the cymbals drums and. Mid tom floor tom hi tom. Therefore it doesn t need to be mounted to a stand or another drum.

It is called a floor tom as it often comes with legs that sit the tom on the floor. A modern jazz setupwill usually include either a 16 x 20 bass drum or a 14 x 20 bass drum. Drum kit anatomy and its components. If your floor tom has legs you can usually gauge the placement by placing the leg furthest from me just to the right of the bass drum in between the bass drum and ride cymbal stand.

If you are a rookie. A low tom with legs is called a floor tom. The toms will be smaller consisting of 7 x 10 and 8 x 12 mounted toms and a 14 x 14 floor tom. Snare and floor tom positioning by brandon green if you ve been applying the concepts we ve discussed so far in this series you should now be seated comfortably at your kit with the throne and pedals placed so that your hips and back are in the safest possible positions.

Snare stands are integrated with all drum kits nonetheless you could need to get stands for toms and legs for the floor tom.