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rototom en · NOUN

Etymology

From roto- + tom.

Meanings

1. A drum that has no shell and is able to change pitch by rotating its drumhead around a threaded metal ring.
   • 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'. 2005, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, St. Martin's Publishing, page 409:
   • [A] rototom, has the majority of its energy in the lower frequencies. 1987, John Strawn, The Proceedings of the AES 5th International Conference: Music and Digital Technology, Audio Engineering Society, pages 23-24

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