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Premier Next Gen is designed to bring the trusted heritage of Premier Drums into a modern, accessible range for today’s players. Built with beginners and developing drummers in mind, these kits offer everything you need to get started, combining quality materials with a straightforward, player-friendly design.
What makes the Next Gen range stand out is how well it balances performance and value. You get a full, punchy sound that responds well across different playing styles, along with reliable hardware that can handle regular practice and early gigging. These kits are easy to set up, comfortable to play and built to support progress as your skills improve.
Premier Next Gen kits are simply great — practical, great sounding and ideal for getting started the right way. Whether you’re new to drumming or looking for a solid all-in-one setup, they offer excellent value and a dependable playing experience, and you will not be disappointed.
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Percussion covers a wide and diverse family of instruments that create sound through being struck, shaken, or scraped. It includes everything from drum kits and hand drums to auxiliary instruments such as shakers, tambourines, cowbells, blocks, and mallet percussion. Percussion adds rhythm, texture, and colour to music across virtually every genre.
Hand percussion instruments like congas, bongos, djembes, and cajons are played using the hands or simple techniques, while auxiliary percussion is often added to drum kits to expand rhythmic and tonal options. Mallet percussion, such as xylophones and similar instruments, introduces melody as well as rhythm, broadening the musical role percussion can play.
Percussion is used in live performance, studio recording, education, and therapy, making it one of the most versatile areas of music making. Whether providing subtle rhythmic detail or driving the main groove, percussion instruments allow players to shape feel, dynamics, and expression in ways that support and enhance the music.
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A bongo provides bright, lively rhythms that add movement and energy to percussion and drum setups. The contrasting tones of the two drums allow players to create fast patterns, accents, and call-and-response style phrases that cut through a mix. Bongos bring clarity, speed, and rhythmic excitement, making them effective in live performance, recording, and layered percussion parts.
