Drums
Drums are very important to music. This may include: snares, toms, or basses. Snares are common in marching bands, school bands, and pep bands. Snares are almost ALWAYS included in drum sets. Tom drums or Tom-Toms are commonly used in school bands and are in most drum-sets. There are two main tom drums, the RACK TOM and the FLOOR TOM. Rack toms are hung on racks or positioned on top of the bass drums of a drum set. These have a higher pitch. Floor toms are on stands and are propped up a few inches off the ground. Bass drums mostly keep the "bass" or "beat" of the music they're in. They are most commonly played with a foot pedal, but can be played with thick headed mallets. Without drums music would have no beat.