Questions tagged [snare-drum]
A small drum in the form of a short cylinder with a membrane at each end, the upper one being struck with hard sticks and the lower one fitted with snares made of curled metal wire.
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What is "vertical sticking"?
I was browsing through cadences for my drumline and I stumbled upon "Trade Off" by Cassidy Byars. In the sheet music, it mentions vertical sticking at the end of the snare feature. However, ...
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Drumming bridge/crescendo
Do drummers have a name for this particular kind of bridge/crescendo, for example:
Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles (3:57)
Who We Are - Camel (4:22)
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What does Snares mean in Hip-Hop, how is it different from Bars?
I am new to rap music, trying to make my own verse. (I think of Verse as 16 bars, correct me if I'm wrong).
I was going through a producer on YouTube (The Video) where he mentioned "Snares" ...
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Multiple grace note snare drum ornament
I am looking at Sergei Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights (from the Romeo & Juliet ballet: Act I, Scene 2, No. 13) .
In mm. 9–10 (from rehearsal mark [77]) and also a few times later in the piece ...
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Why don't most high-tension marching snares have an inner hoop or any reinforcement on the snare side?
High-tension marching snares have an inner hoop where the batter head is placed to prevent its shells from collapsing—due to the high tension from Kevlar heads being tuned to higher pitches.
If this ...
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Repair A Pearl Export Series Snare Strainer
I am struggling with a Pearl snare strainer (identical to the one mentioned in a question asked in Aug 2006! And that is how I got here). Someone handed me down the drum kit and there were not one but ...
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I can’t read my music that great, but if someone shows me how to play it,or if I listen to a video of it. I can play it well. Is there an issue?
I can play music once someone plays it for me and or teaches me how slowly, but if someone was to just hand me music and tell me to practice I would never learn it. Is there something wrong with me?
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Have I been teaching rolls wrong?
I teach beginning band to first-year players aged 10-12. I have always taught 5-stroke and 9-stroke rolls this way: Assuming that we are in a simple meter like 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4, I first divide the ...
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Snare drum tuning- "doofy" sound and 2 fundamentals, what causes this?
For the last song I recorded, I tuned the snare very wet, since it sounded much drier on recording than in person. I ended up getting a good sound, but when I went to mix the song, I found that the ...
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Snare drum volume vs. chorus
A choir is rehearsing a piece of mine for voices (approx. 30 people, SATB), piano, violin, and snare drum. In a fast/loud section, the snare drum overpowers the chorus. It's probably too late to ...
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Yamaha DTX500 snare drum volume is much lower than the other drums
I know that there is a dial under the snare drum to control its gain, but even when I turn it all the way up, the snare drum sound is still barely half that of all the other pads and cymbals.
Is there ...
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Why do snare players only have one drum?
In marching drum lines, like Blue Devils, it's common that there are some tenor drum players with 4-6 drums, but the snare players only have 1 drum. To me, that seems like a waste. Sure, more drums/...
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How do the parts of an '80's Pearl Export snare strainer come together?
I play an 80's Pearl Export kit and today, while tuning, I accidentally undid the parts of the snare strainer. I'm not sure if I found all parts that got loose and I certainly am not sure how to put ...
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Inverted Paradiddle
I've been learning paradiddle variations and I've come across one called the "Inverted Paradiddle".
I'm not sure if this is a standard naming convention but what it means is instead of a ...
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Is it bad to make a drums double stroke roll using the rebound?
Watching a lot of YouTube videos about how to make a clean double stroke roll, and I was wondering why so many people on the videos say "do not rely on the rebound"!
Is it a bad habit to ...
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How can a snare's activation be made quieter?
I play the snare drum in an ensemble that plays a lot of classical music, and in order to avoid having the snare rattle during percussion rests, I make a habit of turning off the snare during long ...
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Snare drum sounds off pitch after drumhead change
I have TAMA Artwood snare that is sounding off-pitch (a bit tin-ny - like Lars' snare in St.Anger) after replacing the TAMA stock heads (i believe made by REMO?). I use EVANS drumheads in all my drums ...
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Jay Weinberg (Slipknot) Snare Sound
I am a huge Slipknot fan and I recently saw a drum cam video from Jay Weinberg and I think the snare sound is absolutely incredible. The sound is created with a 48 ply snare but the snare costs 1600$ ...
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My electronic snare sounds so hollow, I can hear it over the music. How can I fix this?
I recently bought a Millenium MPS-850. Sounds reasonable, but especially the snare drum sounds so hollow, you could mistake it for an actual percussion instrument.
It's so loud, that I can hear it ...
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In double kick playing, which foot should match with snare?
I’m beginning playing double kick since few months.... my question is; when i play a basic rythme like double kick on every quarter note with hi hat on every single note and snare on second and ...
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I'm a traditional snare drummer who has serious issues using my left hand
I'm looking for exercises to help with my motor control in my left wrist. Ever since I started heavy lifting on a daily basis at work, my left hand has become tighter and stiffer to the point where I ...
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How do I make the snare drum identical every single hit? (Garageband)
I've created a track which involves the Brooklyn drumset's snare (to be more specific the G#0 on the piano roll).
My problem is that the sound varies between 2 different sounds randomly.
One is more ...
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Are there 13¼" snare skins?
I’m part of an amateur drumming band where we don’t have a lot of knowledge about music and instruments and we prefer to use old and sometimes slightly broken instruments rather than spending money on ...
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Do drum skins crack?
I am a keen drum player and have had my first drum skin crack. It was on a medium snare drum. The drum has been played for about 20 mins a day for the past 4 years. I got the drum secondhand and am ...
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Perfect fourth over perfect fifth?
I am learning about the perfect 5th and perfect 4th. When tuning a drumset, why would you choose one over the other?
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Where can I find this snare drum sample?
While producing a new track, the need arose to find a very specific one-shot snare drum sample. Unfortunately, the sample I got is polluted with an unwanted triangle sound, so I will need to find ...
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What is the difference between flams and drags, and flam drag?
I know flams and drags are grace note patterns (like the acciaccatura on piano) on drum kit, but is it different to 'flam drag?' or is just a matter of wording?
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How do I get a short snare sound?
How do I get a short snare sound?
I recently bought a used Pearl M 1330 (maple piccolo snare). I cleaned it up really well and got new heads (Evans HD Dry batter side / Evans Clear 200 snare side).
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Garage Band: how to have a drummer play only a steady snare drum on all the eighth notes?
As for the title... I can't figure out... I can have drummers play only snare drum, but not when I'd like. I just want every eighth note, nothing more...
update: as suggested, I tried either to ...
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Pros and cons of matched vs. traditional grip for lefties
There's a wonderful thread What are the pros and cons of Traditional Grip vs. Matched Grip for snare and drumset?. Are any of the points mentioned there different in the case of a leftie?
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Is there a software/website to play notes on snare drums?
I am a student for (or is it 'to'? I'll have to look that up on ell.stackexchange) snare drums, and I'm given sight-reading homework, with lots of triplets with rests, sixteenth note triplets and all ...
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How to prevent snare rattle?
When I play my drum set, the toms make the snare rattle. Also, some pitches played by guitar or bass will make it rattle. I've tried tuning all the drums to certain pitches (somewhat effectively), but ...
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I've learned the 40 essential rudiments for snare drum. Where do I go next?
I've dutifully studied the 40 essential snare drum rudiments for several months now. I know I'm far from truly mastering them, but I feel like I'm ready to move on to something new as well while I ...
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Why are double strokes (with the same hand) taboo on timpani but recommened on snare?
I've played snare for a few years now and all my teachers recommended that I use double strokes for evenness of sound and speed. When I started playing some more difficult timpani parts however and ...
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How to reliably execute a snare drum rimshot?
A standard snare drum rim shot, as I understand it, requires the stick to contact the drum head and rim simultaneously. I'm having trouble finding the appropriate angle (the majority of the time I ...
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