Drumming

Drumming may refer to:

• the act of playing the drums or other percussion instruments
• Drummer, a musician who plays a drum, drum kit, or drums
• Drumming (Reich), a musical composition written by Steve Reich in 1971 for percussion ensemble
• Drumming (snipe), mechanical sound produced by snipe in the course of aerial courtship displays
• the rapid, repetitive series of strikes of a woodpecker's bill on a tree or other substrate to establish territory or attract a mate
• a mating display of animals such as birds, often in connection with a lek

Drumming is usually seen as the most important component of a band, due to it being the 'base' of any song, given it being a percussion 'backing' instrument, however unlike other backing instruments, this is a necessity, as u cannot have a song without a background beat

See also

• Drumming out, an informal military ceremony to dishonourably discharge soldiers
• Drum (disambiguation)