snare drum
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3.5
- noun
- /snɛr drʌm/
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batería
- The band relied on the sharp sound of the snare drum to keep the rhythm during the performance.
You know, it's got that kind of snappy snare drum beat, but I think it's, it's a more accurate.
- You know, it's got that kind of snappy snare drum beat, but I think it's, it's a more accurate.
- And like, you know, you're hitting your snare drum head so hard, we're going to have to buy a new snare drum head, you know.
- Evelyn Glenny, A percussionist, saying, like, let me figure out if I could harmonize Bach on a snare drum.
Examples
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In the marching band, the snare drum added a crisp beat that captivated the audience.
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A Brownfield High band member tuned up his trumpet, and another rat-a-tat-tatted sporadically on a snare drum.
Fiction book (1991) -
The snap of a military snare drum.
Fiction book (1996) -
At first, I could only hear it, perhaps a loud snare drum, I thought, on the plaza.
Fiction book (1990) -
Snare drums can be played with one stick while the other hand is used to feel vibrations on the instrument.
Academic text (2006) -
Marched to the rat-a-tat-tat of a snare drum.
Fiction book (1999) -
Through the closed door came the ragged roll of a snare drum and the crash of a cymbal.
Fiction book (1990) -
She saw that in me, and that's when, in the seventh grade, she got me a snare drum.
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Another percussionist has transformed her laundry room into a practice room with a snare drum, bells, a suspended cymbal, and assorted smaller percussion items.
Academic text (1997) -
Some were like thunderclaps and war-movie cannons; some were smaller, sharper, like cracks of the bat, a roll on a snare drum, popcorn popping.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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4.8
A small drum with wires stretched across the bottom that make a sharp sound
A small musical instrument with two tight skins and wires under one skin used in bands and orchestras
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'snare drum' denotes a type of drum that has snares (metal wires) under its head, so a learner who knows 'snare' and 'drum' can infer it is a drum with snares producing a sharp, crisp sound. This modifier+noun compounding is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore readily understandable at B1.
Etymology
The name snare drum comes from the thin metal wires called snares that are stretched across the drum. These wires 'catch' the drum's vibrations and make a sharp, crisp sound, so the drum is named for them and is used to keep a clear, steady beat.