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2/7/2020 Drum kit - Wikipedia
Tom-tom drums, or toms for short, are drums without
snares and played with sticks (or whatever tools the music
style requires), and are the most numerous drums in most
kits. They provide the bulk of most drum fills and solos.

They include:

Traditional double-headed rack toms, of varying depths
Floor toms (generally the widest and largest toms, which
also makes them the lowest-pitched toms)
Single-headed concert toms
Rototoms

The smallest and largest drums without snares, octobans
and gong drums respectively, are sometimes considered
toms. The naming of common configurations (four-piece, Improvised bass drum in Trafalgar
five-piece, etc.) is largely a reflection of the number of toms, Square, London.
as only the drums are conventionally counted, and these
configurations all
contain one snare
and one or more
bass drums,
(though not
regularly any
standardized use of
2 bass/kick drums) Snare drum on a modern light-duty
the balance usually snare drum stand
being in toms.
Keith Moon of The Who with a mixture of
concert toms and conventional toms,
1975

Other drums
Octobans are smaller toms designed for use in a drum kit, extending the tom range upwards in
pitch, primarily by their depth; as well as diameter (typically 6"). Pearl brand octobans are called
"rocket toms"; the instruments are also called tube toms.

Timbales are tuned much higher than a tom of the same diameter, and normally played with
very light, thin, non-tapered sticks. They have relatively thin heads and a very different tone
than a tom, but are used by some drummers/percussionists to extend the tom range upwards.
Alternatively, they can be fitted with tom heads and tuned as shallow concert toms. Attack
timbales and mini timbales are reduced-diameter timbales designed for drum kit usage, the
smaller diameter allowing for thicker heads providing the same pitch and head tension. They are
recognizable in 2010s genres and in more traditional forms of Latin, reggae & numerous world
music styles. Timbales were also used on occasion by Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.
Gong drums are a rare extension to a drum kit. The single-headed mountable drum appears
similar to a bass drum (sizing around 20–24 inches in diameter), but has the same purpose as 8/28