Drumming may refer to: the act of playing the drums or other percussion instruments Drummer, a musician who plays a drum, drum kit, or drums Drumming (Reich), a musical composition written by Steve Reich in 1971 for percussion ensemble Drumming (snipe), mechanical sound produced by snipe in the course of aerial courtship displays the rapid, repetitive series of strikes of a woodpecker's bill on a tree or other substrate to establish territory or attract a mate a mating display of animals such as birds, often in connection with a lek See also Drumming out, an informal military ceremony to dishonorably discharge soldiers Drum (disambiguation)