Double drumming (sometimes referred to as double drums) is a musical technique, used mostly in rock music, where two drummers each play a drum kit at the same time.[citation needed] One may play the rhythm while the other may play another style, or both may play the same rhythm. It is more common to have a main drummer with an auxiliary percussionist who plays Latin American percussion, toms, or mallet percussion, but this is not considered "double drumming".[citation needed]

Featuring two drummers has been common in jazz music, in particular in free jazz.[1]

List of bands including double drumming/additional percussionists

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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performing in 2005
 
The Doobie Brothers in concert on August 31, 2006
 
Genesis performing in 2007
 
The Grateful Dead in 1980

References

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  1. ^ "25 Great Double-Drumming Tracks - Modern Drummer Magazine". Modern Drummer. moderndrummer.com. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (September 5, 2014). "Wallops of Exuberance With Traces of Yearning". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. ^ Jones, Charlie (17 March 2010). "Caribou interview: "I always feel like I am fumbling around."". DMY. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ Eisen, Benjy (August 1, 2014). "The Grateful Dead's Drummers on Their 'Far-Out' New Collaboration". Esquire. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  6. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). I.ytimg.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ DownBeat: January 18, 1962 vol. 29, no. 2
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