Circuit-33 (The Band)Not to be confused with circuits of any other variety

(Continued from No Rules Pt-1)

Timbales

Timbales also make a nice addition to the conventional drum set, enabling the drummer to throw in the occasional, more metallic sounding, ‘Latin flavored’ fill.

Typically Timbales  are found in the arsenal of a percussionist, along with Congas, Bongos, Cowbells, Tamborines, Woodblocks, Claves, Windchimes, etc.   They are almost always found in pairs, but again, there are “No Rules”, remember?

Timbales are available in a variety of sizes and depths too.

No Rules for Drum Sets means you’re free to build your Percussive Playground however you want.  The designer of this drum kit (shown below) has utilized Octabons, Timbales, Rototoms, Windchimes, a Tamborine, and no doubt other percussion instruments into his kit:

The flexibility in customization of the modern drum kit is only limited by your imagination, (and your budget of course).

Rush’s Neil Peart (on one of his smaller drum sets)

A kit more typical of what Neil Peart uses (Below)

And so far we have only discussed the acoustic percussive building blocks that can be used!

No Rules means you’re free to create your own hybrid drum set, a mixture of acoustic and electronic drum sounds, as Neil Peart has done with this Hybrid drum kit (Below).

No Rules = No Limits

Additionally, electronic drums can be played by hitting the drum ‘pads’, or alternatively they can be played, or ‘triggered’, by installing small piezoelectric triggers to your acoustic drums!  And since the electronic drums can be programmed to playback virtually any recorded sound, where does it all end?

That’s the point to all of this:  It Doesn’t End.

NO RULES means NO LIMITS!