Definition of Snare drum

1. Noun. A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head.

Exact synonyms: Side Drum, Snare
Generic synonyms: Drum, Membranophone, Tympan
Terms within: Snare

Definition of Snare drum

1. Noun. A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snare Drum

snapshooter
snapshooters
snapshot
snapshot program
snapshotlike
snapshots
snapshotted
snapshotting
snapsuit
snapsuits
snapt
snapweed
snapweeds
snar
snare
snare drum (current term)
snare drums
snared
snarer
snarers
snares
snarf
snarfed
snarfing
snarfle
snarfled
snarfles
snarfling
snarfs
snarge

Literary usage of Snare drum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War-time Echoes: Patriotic Poems, Heroic and Pathetic, Humorous and by James Henry Brownlee (1898)
"IT'S yourn, my boys, the yaller horn, ter toot it if you will; But give ter me the old snare drum ter lead the column still; Aye, bring the war-worn ..."

2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"... and to distinguish it from the bass drum ; the side-drum. Drum, side. The common drum, the snare-drum. DS The initials of Dal Segno. ..."

3. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"The common drum, the snare-drum. DS The initials of Dal Segno. 6 as in tone ; в as in dove ; 8 as in not; u as in up; ii the French sound of «. ..."

4. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"The common drum, the snare-drum. DS The initials of Dal Segno. 5 as in tone ; 6 as in dove ; б as in not ; u as in up; ii the French sound of «. ..."

5. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"The snare of a drum, that is, the pieces of gut stretched across the lower head of the snare drum to muffle its sound. 3. The sound of a bell that is struck ..."

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