Sentence examples for drums were played from inspiring English sources

At one rally, Mr. Dibba recalled, African drums were played to stir up enthusiasm.

Drums were played, bright yellow flowers were thrown and mantras were chanted.

Frame drums were played in the ancient Middle East (chiefly by women), Greece, and Rome and reached medieval Europe through Islamic culture.

At the middle of the set, Mr. Rollins started a tune with a pleasant melodic line; the drums were played rubato, with mallets.

All instruments, including guitar, bass guitar, synths and drums, were played by Junkie XL.

The drums were played by Steven Wolf, while the horns were played by the Saturday Night Live Band, arranged by Lenny Pickett and engineered by Dave O'Donnell.

The plastic horns and plastic drums are played by human beings and that freshness definitely shows in the mix.

These and similar ground drums are played by women in Africa and Australia, and in North America usually by men.

Some drums are played as musical instruments, and others are used to transmit messages ("talking" drums); some are restricted to religious uses and funerals and others partly desacralized to royalty; still others participate in everyday life.

Pieces stretch on for minutes without a melody intruding; drums are played largely without the addition of cymbals; and piano parts are one-handed, so that Belyamani can dampen the strings with his other hand.

Teen-agers, who now form the core of many steel bands in Brooklyn, hold jam sessions in so-called pan yards, a term borrowed from the outdoor sites where steel drums are played in the Caribbean.