Eli5 – Why are drums round? Is it something to do with the shape that determines the ability to hit something and get a percussive sound out of stretched materials?

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Eli5 – Why are drums round? Is it something to do with the shape that determines the ability to hit something and get a percussive sound out of stretched materials?

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Answer 1

Your premise is wrong. There ARE square drums: https://tqdrums.com/en/products/bass-drum-testa-quadra/

Having that said, we probably see many more round ones because, as mentioned before me, they are much simpler to make