snare drum
noun
: a small double-headed drum with one or more snares stretched across its lower head see drum illustration
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Paxson: The drum set was just a suitcase, a garbage can, and an old colonial snare drum.
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024
As a surprise for her new husband, Strauss also ordered a custom groom's cake from Cake and Art designed to replicate Villalta's favorite snare drum.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
At its 1928 Carnegie Hall premiere, Gershwin’s iconic masterpiece was a spirited composition, meant to reflect the kaleidoscope of sights and sounds on the streets of Paris with instruments that include real Parisian taxi horns, a trumpet, saxophone and snare drum.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
The sound of umbrellas being rapidly opened and shut stands in for the flapping wings of birds; the sharp report of a snare drum indicates a rifle shot.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024
As a surprise for her new husband, Strauss also ordered a custom groom's cake from Cake and Art designed to replicate Villalta's favorite snare drum.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
At its 1928 Carnegie Hall premiere, Gershwin’s iconic masterpiece was a spirited composition, meant to reflect the kaleidoscope of sights and sounds on the streets of Paris with instruments that include real Parisian taxi horns, a trumpet, saxophone and snare drum.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
The sound of umbrellas being rapidly opened and shut stands in for the flapping wings of birds; the sharp report of a snare drum indicates a rifle shot.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Snare drum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snare%20drum. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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