The drum set is a little over 100 years old, the modern drum set that we are familiar with today is less than 100 years old.  After the Civil War, the drum set was created out of necessity. Around 1890 New Orleans drummer Dee Dee Chandler was among the first drummers to combine the bass drum, snare drum, and cymbals so that one person could do the job of three. A lot of innovation happened over the next fifty or so years to bring us to the modern drum set with all the pieces, features, and accessories that we know today. In the 1880-90’s a bass drum pedal was created to play the bass drum, and a snare drum stand was created to hold the snare. With these inventions the drummer could sit and play both drums along with a cymbal attached to the bass drum. In the early 1900’s […]

May 2024 Issue