Where it began
Drums of the First Nations
The Modern Day Drum Kit
Famous Drummers
How it was made
100

This animal hide was first used to create one of the first drums recorded in history.

What is an alligator?
100

It is considered to be the largest and loudest drum of the first nations?

What is the Pow Wow drum?

100

This body part was used to beat a bass drum when the drum players ran out of hands.

What is the foot

100

Dave Grohl made the move from drummer of the grunge band "Nirvana" to being the frontman for this band.

What is the Foo Fighters?

100

Where is SABIAN cymbals, the manufacturer of cymbals, located?

Where is New Brunswick?

200

This is the country that has one of the first documented drums.

What is China?

200

This drum is woven with a criss-cross type symbol not to represent the cross but to represent balance and harmony.

What is the Hand Drum

200

Besides the various drums, this other percussion instrument is found in the modern day drum kit.

What is a cymbal?

200

This famous drummer was famous for his writing of songs, which for the day, wasn't very common. What a star he was.

Who is Ringo Starr?

200

Before the skin of the animal can be used to create the top of the hand drum, what must be scraped away to make it clean?

What is fat and meat?

300

During this time of history, drums were used as a way of communication to let the kings and queens know that an invasion was upon them.

What is the Medieval Times?
300
This drum uses liquid to change the pitch of the drum to be higher or lower.

What is the Water Drum?

300

Typically used by singers, this hand held object is used to amplify the sounds of the drums when the drummer is playing to a huge audience in a stadium or theatre setting.

What is a microphone

300

Dave Peart was famous for being one of the major drum influences of his time. So proud that he was from this country, eh?

What is Canada?
300

This construction tool is used to shape the cymbals into the correct thickness.

What is a hammer?

400

During the civil wars, drums were used to start the battles and to make sure all of these people were marching in sync with each other.

What are the soldiers

400
This sound, found in the human body, describes the beat that is made by any native drum.

What is the heart beat?

400

Drummers nowadays have started to use a hybrid style of drum kit.  This includes traditional style drums and now these fancy looking pads.

What is electric drums?

400

In 1988, this band was so honored to have Jason, John Bonham's son, play for their reunion.

Who is Led Zepplin?

400

This drum is given it's name from the beads or snares that are located at the bottom of the drum.  It can found in almost every modern day drum kit.

What is a snare drum?

500

What is the name of the Christmas song that still celebrates the drummers of history?

What is "The Little Drummer Boy"?

500
The hoop drum is noted to be different from the Pow Wow and the Hand drums as the animal skin is put here.

What is on both sides?

500

This popular percussion instrument can typically be found hiding on top of the bass drum. Made out of metal and usually found in a field... drummer just can't get enough of this sound.

What is the cowbell?

500

What two "feels" , that we have learned in class, can drummers create in songs to indicate what type of time signature the song will follow?

What is the marching beat and the swaying beat?

500

This is the three metals that are used to create cymbals.  Their initials are C, S and T.

What is Copper, Silver and Tin

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