The orchestra and its instruments . d nakers from their Arabianname, naggareh. Henry VIII used them in his cavalryregiment. One was placed on each side of the horsesneck. THE SIDE DRUM The side drum, or snare drum, is the militarydrum. It is used, however, in the Orchestra for manyrhythmic effects. The cylindrical shell is of brass;and at each end is a parchment head, held downby a small hoop, which is, in its turn, held in placeby a still larger hoop. Cords with leather tags keepthe heads taut. The upper head, on which the drummer plays, iscalled the batter head. The lower one is called thesn
The orchestra and its instruments . d nakers from their Arabianname, naggareh. Henry VIII used them in his cavalryregiment. One was placed on each side of the horsesneck. THE SIDE DRUM The side drum, or snare drum, is the militarydrum. It is used, however, in the Orchestra for manyrhythmic effects. The cylindrical shell is of brass;and at each end is a parchment head, held downby a small hoop, which is, in its turn, held in placeby a still larger hoop. Cords with leather tags keepthe heads taut. The upper head, on which the drummer plays, iscalled the batter head. The lower one is called thesnare head. Across the snare head the snares are are thin strings of catgut, something like violinstrings, and they are stretched back and forth fromnuts to screws. They have to be screwed downrather tightly. There may be two or three snaresonly and there may be a dozen. When the player hits the batter head, the vibra-tions start others in the air that is inside the internal vibrations excite the snare head •. o z o H w I—( u o o t: M 5 5* CO U awj H HW PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS 123 and then the snares begin to rattle. Consequently,a great racket is set up, which might be described as apeculiar crackling tone. The side drum is a very hard thing to play technique is not founded on a single stroke, but ona double alternate stroke with each hand. It is playedwith a wooden drumstick in each hand. In the roll, called the Long Roll, or DaddyMammy, the drummer strikes the batter headleft-left, right-right, left-left, right-right and so getsa kind of rebounding stroke. In addition to the roll, there are two other strokes:the flam, a short note before a longer one; and thedrag, a sort of roll preceding a note — buddledeedum! buddledee dum! THE BASS DRUM The bass drum is a large wooden shell, like a bigcylinder over both ends (or heads) of which parch-ment (or skin) is stretched. This parchment is helddown by hoops. The player loosens, or tightens, theseh
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