Side Drum | Definition

Side Drum

A Side Drum is also sometimes referred to as the snare drum, which has a skin at both ends with the upper skin being struck with a pair of wooden sticks. The lower of the skins is in contact with strings (snares) which often have beads attached, which produce the distinctive rattling snare-drum effect.

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