The drum changed most drastically in the 19th century, becoming shallow, and often gaining a brass shell and rod or screw tensioning. They utilized thicker membranes and sticks than modern instruments, producing a heavier, less brilliant sound. The military role of the lansquenet’s drum was crucial: it kept the marching pace and beat signals to action.Įarly forms of the side drum were equal to or slightly greater in height than in diameter. It was suspended at the player’s left side by a belt or a shoulder strap and was paired with the fife in Swiss infantry ( lansquenet) regiments from the 14th century onward, subsequently spreading throughout Europe. Large versions of the tabor developed into the side drum when two sticks, rather than one, were adopted and the snares were transferred to the lower head. In medieval Europe they appeared on the upper head or sometimes both heads of the tabor drum. Snares were known in ancient Egypt and occur on many modern Middle Eastern tambourines. Membrane tensioning is by screws that act independently on each head, by metal rods, or, now chiefly in military bands, by rope lacings. They are held in place by a flesh hoop (around which the membrane is lapped) and a counterhoop. The heads, beaten with two tapered sticks ending in small knobs of wood or nylon, are of calfskin or plastic. The modern snare drum has a cylindrical shell of wood, plywood, or metal 5–12 inches (13–30 cm) high and 14–16 inches (35–40 cm) in diameter deeper models, called field or guard’s pattern drums, are used in many military bands. 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. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them!
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