rototom
English
Etymology
roto- + tom
Noun
rototom (plural rototoms)
- A drum which has no shell
- 2005, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, St. Martin's Publishing, page 409
- The guy said, 'The rototom's talking! Hear the rototom?' Swear to god, he said the rototom was telling the story. 'Can't put no verse there, the rototom telling the story'.
- 1987, John Strawn, The Proceedings of the AES 5th International Conference: Music and Digital Technology, Audio Engineering Society, pages 23-24
- [A] rototom, has the majority of its energy in the lower frequencies.
- 2005, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, St. Martin's Publishing, page 409