To strike violently, or a song's drumming rhythm
These 
verbs mean to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: beat each other with 
sticks;... [DOC] [TLE] Nonviolence in Health and Disease (Striking the Drum) - At the ... [PAR] Aug 4, 2014 ... Often I lose myself in the rhythms, my mind suspended in the spaces ... rhythm, 
and when played with other drummers, songs of beauty and power are created.