From Wikipedia
A drum stick (or drumstick) is a type of percussion mallet used particularly for playing snare drum, drum kit, and some other percussion instruments, (bass drum, marching toms, etc.) and particularly for playing unpitched percussion.
Specialized beaters used on some other percussion instruments, such as the metal beater used with a triangle or the mallets used with tuned percussion (such as xylophone and timpani), are not normally referred to as drumsticks. Drumsticks generally have all of the following characteristics:
Frequently asked questions
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Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q6566344 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Drum stick – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by Stephan Czuratis ( Jazz-face ) – CC BY-SA 2.5