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The Drum Also [insert blank]: jazz drumming and electronic sound processing (2025)

Rita Brancato
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The following report aims to explore the potential of electronic manipulation of sound applied to drums’ playing, with a focus on designing hybrid drum setups that can function in a jazz-derived band setting. Although the universe of hybrid drumming - blending a traditional drum kit with triggers, pads, or sample pads - continues to expand, the process of building such a setup is rarely documented, and the challenges involved are often overlooked. Through experimentation, interviews and media review I researched a way to fill this gap while embarking on my own journey with hybrid drumming. Although the outcomes match with a very personal exploration, they also offer a variety of examples of how electronics can be applied to an acoustic drum set up and how this application can influence a drummer’s perspective both in terms of improvisation and composition. These results, indeed, can encourage musicians interested in the same topic to initiate their own creative processes, incorporating elements that resonate with them, with the goal of achieving a similar level of artistic progression.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsjazz drums, electronics, improvisation, composition, organic synthesis
date15/07/2025
published15/07/2025
last modified15/07/2025
statuspublished
affiliationCodarts, University for the Arts
copyright(c) Rita Brancato
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3798180/3798181
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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