The main difference between the frame drum and the timbrel was the presence of the jingles that were attached to the latter's shell.

The frame drum consisted of a rectangular or circular wood frame with a head the underside was open. The most widespread forms were the frame drum and the timbrel, a forerunner of the present-day tambourine. Medieval Europe was home to an enormous variety of drums, most of which had originated in the Orient. History The frame drum and timbrel in the Middle Ages The shell of the military side drum used for marching can be up to 30 cm deep and is therefore a little bigger than the instrument played in the orchestra. The snare drum is also known as the side drum because it was originally played in military bands where it hung at the drummer's left hip and was beaten from the side – as indeed it still is in marching bands today. Its relatively high register means that it covers more or less the treble register within the orchestra percussion section (which also consists of the tenor and bass drums). As with all drums, the snare drum has no definite pitch, or at least a pitch which is only barely discernible (the tuning of drums has occasionally been required by 20th century composers). The side drum, or snare drum, is the smallest of the cylindrical drums and is found in practically every type of western music from military music (where its roots lie) to jazz or the drum kits of rock and pop.Īt the same time the snare drum is a crucial member of the orchestral percussion section. In the western world, drums with a cylindrical shell are most commonly used. Today when we talk about drums, we generally mean percussion instruments with one or two heads (membranophones). In most cultures, the drum in its various forms is the most important and rudimentary percussion instrument. Sticks: Wood drumsticks of hard wood (Brazil-wood, hickory, ebony, lancewood) with round or oval tips length approx.Tensioning mechanism: Snare release lever to tighten or lift off the snares.Snares: 8–18 strings of gut, metal, metal-wound nylon or silk.Material: calfskin or plastic Diameter 35–38 cm Shell (corpus): Metal or wood, more rarely plywood or plastic cylindrical, depth 12–19 cm.Classification: Percussion instrument, membranophone with indefinite pitch.

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