Who made the first drum set?What was it made of?

Answer 1

"The various pieces of the drum set have origins spanning thousands of years: from the Ancient Romans' adoption of African drums around 200 B.C. to the circulation of the Turk-made bass drum throughout Europe in the 1500's. So where did so many wildly varying cultures come together to form one unified set, you ask? Well, the answer lies in American history. As the use of Africans for slave labor became more common in the 1800's, the slaves began creating their own variations of their culture's instruments. Slaves were not generally allowed to play music, but hand-crafted drum sets were often ignored, and by the time more of America recognized the drum set's existence, no one even knew it had been originally created by African-American slaves.
The first drum sets were put together in the late 1800s sometime after the invention of the bass drum pedal.


As America entered the 20th century, drum sets and African rhythms began to break into the mainstream. As more beats relied on the use of cymbals, the size of the cymbals gradually increased; the initially-used Chinese tom-toms were replaced with their African variants; and the size of the hi-hat was increased to make playing with sticks easier. Thus, the modern drum set as we know it today began to take its shape."

I am not sure what the first drum set was made of.

Answer 2

The oldest known drums are from 3000 BC. Its usually been made of animal skins tighten with sticks or bamboo.

Answer 3

Caveman------------- Bones & stretched hide but was not a "set" just what would be more likely called the "snare"

Answer 4

Caveman..it is made of Bones & stretched

Answer 5

like back when jesus was alive...the little drummer boi and its on right now A&E i love him hes hoott lol