Snare Drum Instruments Drumsticks

Mostly made of mahogany and ebony, the drumsticks are heavy, with a small diameter at the striking end and a larger diameter at the holding end. According to the program of the Japanese Oni Taiko drums played in Taiwan, the drumsticks were made of birch wood. Central Conservatory of Music Li Zhengui teacher gave the author of the drumstick is also made of birch, the length of 35.2 centimeters, the front tip after the blunt, from the tip of the 1 cm, the diameter of 1.7 cm; from the back end of the 1 cm, the diameter of 2.1 cm; from the back end of the body of the stick 6.6 to 7.2 cm 0.6 cm, around the body of the stick engraved on the two rings; from the back end of the 3.4 cm, drilling a hole with a diameter of 0.4 centimeter. The hole is drilled 3.4 centimeters from the back end. The quality of the sticks is lighter than that of mahogany and ebony, and they are suitable for playing flower pot drums and big drums.

Taiwan many folk artists love to use bamboo drumsticks, can be found in the folk music, see also like a palm in the palm of the theater troupe drum masters, from the mainland of the bamboo drum sticks love. Bamboo drum sticks have the same diameter at the front and rear ends, with bamboo knots at the end for the front, playing the sound is "Tong. Tong. Tong..." The effect is "Tong... Tong...". Redwood drumsticks are often used for the performance of drums, drums and drums in national orchestras. The redwood drumsticks commonly used in Taiwan are 25.5 centimeters in length, with a diameter of 0.8 centimeters and 1.2 centimeters from the front and back ends of the drumsticks, and the redwood is a hard material suitable for the production of drumsticks. In recent years, poplar wood has been utilized as a material for making drumsticks, and has gradually been adopted by Chinese music percussionists. Poplar wood is also known as Rokudo wood because it has six clear wood grains around the outside and in the center. Poplar wood is strong and resilient, unlike mahogany wood, which often cracks after a blow. Poplar in the use of saw trimming, you can see its debris to sink, unlike general mahogany wood, will be scattered around, the author from the Taipei Bailuo musical instruments purchased by the six wood drumsticks, about 30.4 centimeters long, the front end of the 1 centimeters, the diameter of 1.1 cm, the back end of the 1 centimeters, the diameter of 1.4 centimeters. After sandpapering the end of the stick and trimming the back of the stick, it is ready for use. Mr. Li Zhengui also used this form of Rokudo wooden drumsticks when he played in Taiwan, while Mr. Li Minxiong used Rokudo wooden drumsticks that were only 10 centimeters long when he played in Taiwan, with the front end of the stick sharpened to a very sharp point, and the end of the stick drilled and threaded on the line, which is suitable for playing fast-paced blowing and beating music, such as the rows and rows of drums that capture a good harvest. However, because of the soft center of the stick, once ground too sharp, after the blow, the tip of the drumstick is easier to wear and become blunt.