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While there is substantial agreement on what 'dry' might sound like, the intent of terms such as 'round' and 'brittle' is less clear. Many of the words used to describe sounds are very subjective. For example, one drummer, upon inviting me to sit in, said I could ‘lay’ his ‘cans’ any time. There are a few concepts that are important but have not risen to the status having their own terminology. I have also added a couple of terms I’ve coined myself. I have omitted a lot of ‘required’ commas where they just cluttered things up, and have added commas, quotes and apostrophes if they helped add clarity. Where there was more than one term for a concept, I either put them together in one entry or spread them out to two entries, depending on how close the terms are in usage. I have sometimes used double words to enhance clarity even though hyphenated or joined words might be more common. As always, my goal is to inform, explain and enlighten. Otherwise, every term can be found in general use among drummers. Actually, a lot of research went into this so I hope there’s no outright fiction, although I did toss in a couple of new items I thought should be added to the nomenclature. So what we have here is sometimes a dictionary, sometimes an encyclopedia, and sometimes a work a fiction. What I wanted to offer was not curt definitions but reasonable explanations. Mainly they have to stick to words that are well documented, and then define those words in as little space as possible. People who write dictionaries have to follow certain rules. I call it MY dictionary so you don’t confuse it with A dictionary or THE dictionary.