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snare drum
(redirected from side drum)

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snare drum, small drum drum, in music, percussion instrument, known in various forms and played throughout the world and throughout history. Essentially a drum is a frame over which one or more membranes or skins are stretched.
..... Click the link for more information.  having a drumhead at either end. One head is struck with wooden drumsticks, and on the other are stretched several strings, called snares, which cause a rattling against the head. The snare drum was used only in military bands until the 19th cent., when it became an orchestral instrument.
snare drum
Music a cylindrical drum with two drumheads, the upper of which is struck and the lower fitted with a snare


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