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DrOctagon
03-02-2006, 03:37 PM
whats the Difference between a drummer and a percusionist, thats if there are any.
Janeway
03-02-2006, 03:39 PM
Percussionists play...percussion.
Like chimes and xylophone and blocks.
Drummers play drums.
Sharkey Boy
03-02-2006, 03:41 PM
^hes in the zone
ringworm
03-02-2006, 03:45 PM
I've always said drummers like Carter Beauford, etc were Percussionists, not just drummers, but that's just my O.

But yeah ^^^ He's right
Janeway
03-02-2006, 03:45 PM
He?
derryk
03-02-2006, 03:46 PM
She*

Don't eat him Pespi, he's just a boy.

Drummers play the kit.
Janeway
03-02-2006, 03:46 PM
Eeh...the question is more a matter of opinion.
Like, they could be the same thing.
ringworm
03-02-2006, 03:48 PM
Sorry bout that, u know what happens when u ASSume things

Shoulda recalled some previous posts where I think you said that
Janeway
03-02-2006, 03:58 PM
YOU MAKE AN *** OUTTA YOU AND ME!
Hot damn.
I thought I was the only one who knew that.
ringworm
03-02-2006, 04:03 PM
Old skool baby!
derryk
03-02-2006, 04:05 PM
Yeah.. the line is "to assume makes an *** out of U and ME."

But now I'm going for a shower.
Janeway
03-02-2006, 04:08 PM
We've established this.
Neo's Trio
03-02-2006, 09:24 PM
Yeah.. the line is "to assume makes an *** out of U and ME."

But now I'm going for a shower.



haha my teacher told me that one!
Josiah
03-02-2006, 10:11 PM
I've always thought as "drummers" in the DrumSet sense to be a sub-group under the larger name 'Percussionist'.

Even a pianist is a percussionist, as the instrument of piano is a percussion instrument.
Chippy569
03-02-2006, 10:15 PM
it's like squares and rectangles, a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not necessarily a square? well a drummer is a percussionist, but a percussionist isn't necessarily a drummer.
Det_Nosnip
03-02-2006, 10:27 PM
When someone refers to a "percussionist," 9 times out of 10, it's a conguero.
Seafroggys
03-03-2006, 12:54 AM
i wouldn't call a percussionist the guys who sit behind the concert band playing percussion. Most of the guys I've dealt with are 'drummers.'

I've always defined a percussionist as a drummer with musical aptitude. A drummer who can site-read music well and can read musical notation (as in keyboard parts) is a percussionist.

I've seen some damn good players on the set, but I wouldn't call them percussionists because they couldn't play melodic instruments or read music very well.
Double Bass Jim
03-03-2006, 01:06 AM
Good call

It covers a wider range.
We_Love_Lime
03-03-2006, 07:11 AM
it's like squares and rectangles, a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not necessarily a square? well a drummer is a percussionist, but a percussionist isn't necessarily a drummer.

Ahh Yes. Quite The Discription. Very Clever. Agreed.
Killjoy
03-03-2006, 10:14 AM
playing tastefully and just banging on stuff :D
sLarkin20
03-03-2006, 10:36 AM
per·cus·sion·ist (pr-ksh-nst) noun
One who plays percussion instruments.
percussion instrument noun
An instrument, such as a drum, xylophone, piano, or maraca, in which sound is produced by one object striking another or by being scraped or shaken.
its the same difference
aznriceball
03-03-2006, 11:39 AM
haha my teacher told me that one!

i think everyone's high school teacher told them that. mine was my freshman english.
Josiah
03-03-2006, 11:51 AM
per·cus·sion·ist (pr-ksh-nst) noun
One who plays percussion instruments.
percussion instrument noun
An instrument, such as a drum, xylophone, piano, or maraca, in which sound is produced by one object striking another or by being scraped or shaken.
its the same difference


Well something like that. In our society we don't get to make up our own meanings... so whatever dictionary.com says a percussionist is.... that's what a percussionist is.


Being a drummer, I am inside the group of percussionist. Though I'd hold most percussionist are above me both in complexity of their instruments and theory.
sLarkin20
03-03-2006, 12:47 PM
well lets throw out all dictionarys and everyone can come up with their own meanings for every word, that makes more sense then to have 1 general definition people can agree on
A_Guy
03-03-2006, 01:32 PM
Even a pianist is a percussionist, as the instrument of piano is a percussion instrument.
I think its funny how some pianists deny that, because of percussionists reputation. But all your doing on piano is banging on things, which is percussion.
Flamacue
03-03-2006, 01:58 PM
She*



Which reminds me, whatever happened to Barbie?
Janeway
03-03-2006, 02:12 PM
She confessed complete adoration for me and couldn't deal with the fact that I'm a taken women, so she ran as far as she could.
I believe she's selling dentures on the side of the road in Switzerland.
Flamacue
03-03-2006, 02:21 PM
haha, was she really a lesbian?
Janeway
03-03-2006, 02:23 PM
No.
She was curious or something.
White
03-03-2006, 02:24 PM
Percussionists play...percussion.
Like chimes and xylophone and blocks.
Drummers play drums.

That is correct
Flamacue
03-03-2006, 02:31 PM
No.
She was curious or something.

Are you a lesbian?

I am. I love women :naughty: