Snare Drums

The drum can be played by striking it with a drumstick or any other form of beater, including brushes, route and hands, all of which produce a softer-sounding vibration from the snare wires. When using a stick, the drummer may strike the head of the drum, the rim counterhoop, or the shell. When the top head is struck, the bottom head vibrates in tandem, which in turn stimulates the snares and produces a clicking sound. The snares can be thrown off disengaged with a lever on the strainer so that the drum produces a sound reminiscent of a tom-tom. Rimshots are a technique associated with snare drums in which the head and rim are struck simultaneously with one stick or in orchestral concert playing, a stick placed on the head and the rim struck by the opposite stick. In contemporary and/or pop and rock music, where the snare drum is used as a part of a drum kit, many of the backbeats and accented notes on the snare drum are played as rimshots, due to the ever-increasing demand for their typical sharp and high-volume sound.
A commonly used alternative way to play the snare drum is known as a cross stick, or otherwise a rim click or rim knock. This is done by holding the tip of the drumstick against the drum head and striking the stick's other end (the butt) against the rim, using the hand to mute the head. This produces a dry
In medieval Europe they appeared on the upper head or sometimes both heads of the tabor drum. Large versions of the tabor developed into the side drum when two sticks, rather than one, were adopted and the snares were transferred to the lower head. It was suspended at the player’s left side by a belt or a shoulder strap and was paired with the fife in Swiss infantry regiments from the 14th century onward, subsequently spreading throughout Europe. The military role of the lansquenets drum was crucial, it kept the marching pace and beat signals to