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The bass drum was invented because in the past bass drums or AKA Gran Cassa where generally very large. The bass drum was a miniaturized version of this big drum that was originally and still presently used in orchestras and symphonies for effect. The drum set version is simply a small version of it's larger counterpart. However, the bass drum in the drum set context is used in different ways. Some of these applications include: Accenting the low end of music, complimenting the bass player, setting a basic pulse of rock music on beats 1 and 3, for keeping time, notifying other musicians of beat 1 by playing it along with the crash cymbal, to add lower end punch to music, to create accents in metal music generally following the bass player, jazz players "feather" (to "feather" means to pllousy a volume where it can be felt more than heard) the bass drum to keep time with the bass player, and is sometimes is the instrument used to anchor music.

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Who was the PERSON who invented the bass drum?

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Does sound travel through a bass drum?

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