Drumming may refer to:
* the act of playing the
drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...
s or other percussion instruments
* Drummer, a musician who plays a drum,
drum kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player ( drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsti ...
, or drums
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''Drumming'' (Reich), a musical composition written by Steve Reich in 1971 for percussion ensemble
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Drumming (snipe)
Drumming (also called bleating or winnowing) is a sound produced by snipe as part of their courtship display flights.Van Casteren, A, et al. “Sonation in the Male Common Snipe (Capella Gallinago Gallinago L.) Is Achieved by a Flag-like Fluttering ...
, mechanical sound produced by snipe in the course of aerial courtship displays
* the rapid, repetitive series of strikes of a
woodpecker
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. ...
'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
Lek or LEK may refer to:
* Lek mating, mating in a lek, a type of animal territory in which males of a species gather
* Albanian lek, the currency of Albania
* Lek (magazine), a Norwegian softcore pornographic magazine
* Lek (pharmaceutical comp ...
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Drumming out
Drumming out is the historical act of being dishonorably dismissed from military service to the sound of the Rogue's March or a drum. In modern figurative usage, it may refer to any act of expulsion or dismissal in disgrace.
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One of the e ...
, an informal military ceremony to dishonorably discharge soldiers
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Drum (disambiguation)
A drum is a musical instrument.
Drum, drums or The Drum may also refer to:
Drums and drum-shaped items
* Drum (communication), a communication device
* Drum (container), a type of cylindrical container
* Drum brake, an automotive braking syste ...
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