The snare drum rim holds the top and bottom drum heads to the shell and is generally made out of metal. The most common metals used for the snare drum rims are brass, aluminum and steel.

In the real world, the snare drum is the one placed between the drummer’s legs, with a band of sprung wires stretched across the bottom head to give it its unique crack and sizzle. Add to that some ...

Our snare drum forms the backbone of our kit’s sound, and as such it’s one of the most frequently tweaked parts of our kit. It’s also one of the most dynamic and harmonically variable parts. Depending ...

“When someone says a snare is out of tune it normally speaks to an uneven tension around the drums, and/or the top and bottom head aren’t nicely tensioned together. Unlike most melodic ...

Winners of the Modern Snare Drum Competition take home a range of prizes including cash, drums, drumsticks, and other gifts. The annual event is being held in Cleveland this year for the first time.

‘Chopstakovich’ is a piece for solo snare drum played over the top of the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 in C minor. Performer and YouTuber Jesse Sieff has composed a ...

Personalized snare drum heads. Every fitting — screws ... threw a lavish party to welcome its arrival. “Some of the top music professionals in San Francisco and Oakland were there,” he ...