Rototom: kufotokoza kwa chida, mbiri, mitundu, mawu, ntchito

Rototom ndi chida choyimba. Kalasi - membranophone.

Oyimba ng'oma ndi Al Paulson, Robert Grass ndi Michael Colgrass. Cholinga cha mapangidwe ake chinali kupanga ng'oma yosatsekedwa yomwe imatha kuyimba potembenuza thupi. Chitukukocho chinalowa mu 1968. Wopangayo anali kampani ya ku America Remo.

Pali mitundu 7 ya rototome. Kusiyanitsa kwakukulu kowoneka ndi kukula: 15,2 cm, 20,3 cm, 25,4 cm, 30,5 cm, 35,6 cm, 40,6 cm ndi 45,7 cm. Zitsanzozi zimasiyananso pamawu ndi octave imodzi. Ukulu uliwonse ukhoza kutulutsa zotsatira zosiyana, malingana ndi mutu ndi malo. Chidacho chimasinthidwa mwachangu ndikutembenuza hoop. Kutembenuka kumasintha mawu.

Ma Rototomes amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kukulitsa kamvekedwe ka mawu a ng'oma wamba. The rototom imathandiza oimba ng'oma oyambira kuphunzitsa khutu lawo loyimba.

Chidacho nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi oimba m'magulu a rock. Imaseweredwa nthawi zonse ndi Bill Bruford wa Inde, King Crimson ndi Terry Bosio wa gulu la solo la Frank Zappa. Nick Mason wa Pink Floyd adagwiritsa ntchito membranophone poyambira "Nthawi" kuchokera ku "The Dark Side of the Moon". Roger Taylor wa Mfumukazi adagwiritsa ntchito rototom koyambirira kwa 70's.