bass drum

noun

plural bass drums

: a large drum that has two heads and produces a booming sound of low indefinite pitch

[The Beatles'] 18-year-old engineer Geoff Emerick transformed their sound by stuffing a sweater in Ringo's bass drum.—

Rob Sheffield

Thunderous bass drums and tom-toms predominate, delivering an oscillating groove over which the composer's voice floats …—

Tom Huizenga

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In the music metaphor, a bass drum cannot play the melodic line of a piano. —

Max Bertolero, Scientific American, 1 July 2019 There was no bass drum, just a snare and a hi-hat and a cymbal. —

Gary Graff, Billboard, 28 June 2024 Then, the bass drums, snares, and symbols come alive with a thunderous roar. —

Matt Dursum, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023 Making a seamless record, where every note and syllable is in place and every bass drum is identical, is no trick. —

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for bass drum