Snare drum
Snare drum | musical instrument
Snare drum, also called
side drum, military and orchestral
percussion instrument having several gut, nylon, wire, or wire-covered silk strings (snares) stretched across the lower, or snare, head; the snares vibrate sympathetically with the lower head (to which vibration is transmitted from the upper, or batter, head by
air vibrations inside the
drum), causing a snappy, penetrating, relatively high-pitched sound.