snare drum
noun
: a small double-headed drum with one or more snares stretched across its lower head see drum illustration
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Shawn Pelton, longtime drummer and percussionist for the SNL house band, was spotted playing snare drum.
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Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
In the brief video, a snare drum apparently played by a toy monkey is suddenly splattered in blood, as is James.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
Those empty voids of gravity defied are longer, more suspenseful, and not empty at all, instead filled with the hum of spinning ball bearings and urethane wheels like a thousand bees stuck inside a snare drum.
—Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
At 12, Sauvie has earned a black belt in tae kwon do, danced competitively and plays the snare drum in her middle school band.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
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Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
In the brief video, a snare drum apparently played by a toy monkey is suddenly splattered in blood, as is James.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024
Those empty voids of gravity defied are longer, more suspenseful, and not empty at all, instead filled with the hum of spinning ball bearings and urethane wheels like a thousand bees stuck inside a snare drum.
—Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
At 12, Sauvie has earned a black belt in tae kwon do, danced competitively and plays the snare drum in her middle school band.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
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