In the steel drum competition held in 1975, a band named "Haite" used 347 steel drums to perform on stage. This was probably the largest ever. The steel drum band and its music are now widely popular in the Caribbean and Venezuela and Guyana in the northern part of the South American continent, and have been established in many universities and middle schools in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Steel Drum Band, students can learn to play steel drums in school. The U.S. Navy also has its own steel drum band. Trinidad's famous steel drum band has traveled to all continents in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. The international music community attaches great importance to steel drums and their music. Some musicians regard the emergence of steel drum music as "the greatest contribution to the field of music in the 20th century." Some countries have established institutions specializing in the study of steel drum music. Both Trinidad and the United States have published books on the history of the development of steel drums. In 1976, the book "World Musical Instruments" published in the United Kingdom included the steel drum as a subject. Newly created musical instruments. In recent years, steel drum music has also been used to accompany the arias in Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro", cooperating with trumpets, pianos, tubular bells, etc. Recently, some steel drum bands have begun to use electroacoustic equipment and electronic instruments, which has also added new factors to the future development of steel drum music.

The emergence of steel drums and steel drum bands has added a dazzling flower to the world's folk art garden, and also written a moving page in the history of world music. Before the 1980s, few Chinese people knew about the newly created musical instrument steel drum. Until 1975, a Chinese newspaper reported that the Chinese art troupe performed with steel drums in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and was well received. However, no one knew what kind of instrument the steel drum was. After the famous pipa performance After listening to steel drum music records and seeing several steel drums brought back by the Chinese Art Troupe, Chinese musicians had a preliminary understanding of this peculiar instrument. In 1976, the first article introducing steel drums was published in "Musical Instruments" magazine. In 1980, musicians from the Central Conservatory of Music and the Beijing Film Orchestra formed a small steel drum band. After a short rehearsal, on May 1, a performance titled "From Gasoline" was broadcast in the "Cultural Life" column of CCTV. The program "The Wonderful Music of the Bucket" introduced this newly invented musical instrument and played three pieces of music such as "Mango" and "Pigeon" using steel drums. Subsequently, the "Steel Drum Research Group" (belonging to the Beijing Musical Instrument Society) was established to explore the production and performance of steel drums. The performance of the Trinidad All-Star Steel Drum Band in October of that year greatly inspired Chinese musicians. Song Qingzhong of the Beijing New Film Ensemble worked hard and made a complete set of steel drums, which were performed by the folk band of the New Film Ensemble. In 1985, Xinying Garden Development Company opened a "Steel Drum Training Class" and recruited 30 students. Teachers from the Central Conservatory of Music and other schools served as artistic directors. After three years of training, the "Beijing Youth Steel Drum Orchestra" was established. He performed in public many times and established the Beijing Steel Drum Society in 1988. But unfortunately, due to various subjective and objective reasons, mainly financial difficulties, the orchestra finally disbanded after a few years. I hope that in the new 21st century, this exotic flower of steel drum will sprout, bloom and bear abundant fruits on the land of China.