🥁 Drum

Unicode lists 🥁 Drum among the musical instruments in the Objects group. It usually appears in messages about drumsticks and music.

🥁 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Music and Instruments. It joined the standard with Emoji 3.0 in 2016, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F941.

• 🥁 on its own already flags the topic: drumsticks.
• Fits messages about drumsticks and music.
• Often seen near 🪕 Banjo, 🎻 Violin and 🪘 Long Drum.

• 🥁🎷 – Drum and Saxophone
• 🥁🪗 – Drum with Accordion
• 🥁🪇 – Drum plus Maracas
• 🥁🪕 – Drum and Banjo
• 🥁🎻 – Drum with Violin
• 🥁🪉 – Drum plus Harp
• 🥁🪘 – Drum and Long Drum
• 🥁🎸 – Drum with Guitar

Easy to mix up with 🪕 Banjo, 🎻 Violin or 🪘 Long Drum. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.