is the large drum which sits on the floor, and is played using a beater, connected to a pedal (usually played with the drummers' right-foot). The snare drum consists of two drum skins above and ...

The drummer boys who accompanied them did likewise -- all except one. Willie Johnston, then 11 years old and all of five feet tall, refused to relinquish his drum. He held on to it through the ...

two tom-toms (drums without snares), a high-hat (two cymbals brought together by a foot pedal), and two or three other cymbals—were exactly like those used by the great Gene Krupa. A drummer who ...