The snare drum or side drum is a widely used unpitched percussion instrument. It is often used in orchestras, marching bands and concert bands, drum corps and many other applications.
It is the center of the drum kit, the most prominent drum in most marching and stage bands, and the instrument that students of both orchestral and kit drumming learn to play first.
The snare drum is almost always double-headed, with rattles (called snares) of gut, metal wire or synthetics stretched across one or both heads.
overall, Snare Drum is the most important part of the drum set. Snare drum is the keys and the bottom of drum kit, because the sound of snare drum so easy listening and can make people who heard that sound is feeling enjoy. hahaha... And that's the reason why snare drum is often used in orchestras, marching band and concert bands, drum corps and many other applications.
In pop and rock music, where the snare drum is used
as a part of a drum set, most of the backbeats and accented notes on the
snare drum are played as rim shots, because to the ever increasing demand for the typical sharp and high volume
sound. In more Latin and/or Jazz music, notes may be played as rim
clicks where the sticks back end is placed on the edge of the top head
and forced downward on the rim to the opposite side, to keep a more
smooth and syncopated beat. The so-called "ghost notes" are very light
"filler notes" played in between the backbeats in genres like funk,
rhythm and blues. The famous drum roll
is produced by alternatively bouncing the sticks on the drum head
striving for a controlled rebound. A similar effect can be obtained by
playing alternated double stokes on the drum, creating a double stroke roll, or very fast single strokes, creating a single stroke roll.
The snares are a fundamental ingredient to the drum roll as they help
blend together distinct strokes that are therefore perceived as a single
sustained sound. The snare drum is also a very good tool to use to get
used to the drumset without playing a full drumset.
Yesaya
Wilander Echa Soemantri or
was familiarly called Echa, was my favorite Indonesian drummer. I liked him because he
was a very great
drummer, he played drums in many bands, such as:
Tompi, Ello, Erwin
Gutawa Orchresta and
Yovie & Nuno,
and servant of God in the church. Echa was born on July 7, 1989 in Jogjakarta
is starting to beat the drums since the age of 3 years. Echa said he
did not want half-hearted in playing drums, he
not only played in one stream of music but
many streams, such as jazz, gospel, rock,
and pop music.
Although he's a musician but he is also a fan of
the sport, Echa very
fond of German soccer
team and Manchester United.
There's a funny reason
why Echa liked
German soccer team,
started Echa selected
as the endorsed Sonor
Drums, Sonor drums
like he was so
well liked football
team his native country
of Germany. Now he
is believed to be a product
endorsement resonant drums, as well as products
and Paiste cymbals
evans drumhead. Echa
not only good at playing
the drums but he also mastered several other
instruments, such as: keyboard, Bass, and Guitar
