It can be but it's not an absolute necessity. Most drum sets sold in packages these days come with a hi-hat, a snare, a bass drum, two tom tom drums (usually attached to the bass drum), a floor tom, and a ride cymbal and crash cymbal. That's pretty much the standard drum set for rock and Pop Music. The floor tom comes in handy for doing fills and "jungle beats" and stuff.
A 4-piece drum set typically includes a bass drum, a snare drum, a floor tom, and a mounted tom.
The typical drums included in a drum set are the bass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, and sometimes a floor tom.
In tabs it could possibly stand for Floor (as in floor tom)or If you mean F on the staff________________________________________________________________________________________-> ______________________bass drum
Usually, a fourth tom is not included in the standard kit.
A simple drum kit is composed of several basic elements. The drums include the Snare drum (The one with the wires under it), the toms (The drums with out the wires but are hit with a stick, including the mounted ones and the ones that are on the floor, which are floor toms), and the bass drum(s).
A typical drum set includes a bass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, and cymbals. The bass drum is usually placed on the floor, the snare drum between the knees, and the tom-toms above the bass drum. Cymbals are placed above the drums.
It's the drum, or set of drums that are taller (usually) than the snare drum and have more of a pitch or defined note. The bass drum can even be considered a tom. It's just (usually) a lot bigger! One of my friends even used a floor tom as a bass drum on his jazz kit once.
Floor tom. It is the drum that has legs on it and sits on the floor. (Not the bass drum)
In a standard drum set or drum kit, common components include the bass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, hi-hat, and cymbals. Instruments like congas, bongos, or tambourines are not typically part of a standard drum kit. Therefore, any of these percussion instruments would not be considered part of a standard drum set.
The most basic drum kit is a 4-piece: snare drum, bass drum, mounted/rack tom, and a floor tom. Also, 14" hi-hats, a 16" crash cymbal, and a 20" ride are pretty standard. The sizes aren't that important, but these sizes are the most common. It's possible to get by without a floor tom or a ride cymbal if absolutely necessary, but the set up listed is pretty bare boned as it is.
The High and Medium Toms. Also the big drum that sits on the floor that is not the Bass Drum is the Low Tom or Floor Tom.
A tom-tom drum (not to be confused with a tam-tam) is a cylindrical drum with nosnare.Although "tom-tom" is the British term for a child's toy drum, the name came originally from the Anglo-Indian and Sinhala;[1] the tom-tom itself comes from Asian or Native American cultures. The tom-tom drum is also a traditional means of communication. The tom-tom drum was added to the drum kit in the early part of the 20th century.The drum kit1 Ride cymbal | 2 Floor tom | 3 Toms4 Bass drum | 5 Snare drum | 6 Hi-hat