Can drums play a melody?

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some drummers use techniques to create different pitches on the drums to play melodies.
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They can but only to a point. If you tune your snare and toms to particular notes and make your drum play a scale, then you could create melodies on the kit along with playing rhythm. But the scope of course remains limited since the drums are make to be a percussion instrument and their primary job...
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They can but only to a point. If you tune your snare and toms to particular notes and make your drum play a scale, then you could create melodies on the kit along with playing rhythm. But the scope of course remains limited since the drums are make to be a percussion instrument and their primary job isn't to play melodies, but rhythm. read less
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