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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Snare Drum
Illustration of a snare drum, with its parts designated.
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Coffee Can Drums
Learn how to make a percussion instrument using a coffee can. This site provides instructions for making the coffee can drum. You can also listen to audio clips of coffee can drums being played in various ways.
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Snare Drum
Learn general information on different percussion instruments such as the snare drum and cymbals and hear sound clips of these instruments being played.
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Bass Drum
Learn general information on different percussion instruments such as the snare drum and cymbals and hear sound clips of these instruments being played.
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Cymbals
Learn general information on different percussion instruments such as the snare drum and cymbals and hear sound clips of these instruments being played.
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Timpanis
Learn general information on different percussion instruments such as the snare drum and cymbals and hear sound clips of these instruments being played.
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Max Roach in 1950.
Believing that the drums could do more than just keep a beat, Max Roach developed a melodic style for percussion. You can read about his jazz career on this NPR website, as well as hear music showing his innovative technique.
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Max Roach in 1989.
Believing that the drums could do more than just keep a beat, Max Roach developed a melodic style for percussion. You can read about his jazz career on this NPR website, as well as hear music showing his innovative technique.