How To Choose The Snare Drum For Your Music

Every kind of music has it own unique style, this is why it is important for drummer to determine the type of snare drum they have according to the type of music they play.

Snare drum is the main weapon of the drummer, the most frequently beaten part on drums. Most of the snare drum define the character of a drummer, rock, jazz, funk and so on. It is important for a drummer to have snare drum that suit the music he plays. There are many factors that can affect the snare sound. - Type of material for shells - Kind of hoops - The type of head - And the most important thing is how you tune the snare. and many other factors that can affect the mood of the performance of a drummer. How do I choose the snare drum that is right for me? to improve my performance? Here are the ways how to choose the right snare based on the type of music and performance from a drummer. Rock Snare

If you play rock, it is obvious requiring the thickness and strength of the snare, The depth is usually 5 to 8 inch, which can cut the frequency of a guitar that plays full distortion. Most of Rockers like snares made of stainless steel, which gives the drum a distinct and louder sound. Where the Metal drummers and punk rockers more into a snare that is noisy at higher pitch. They use bronze, brass, aluminium or synthetics like carbon fiber or acrylic. Some of Rock Drummer also love snare made of woods, it has the beautiful tones of a nice wood snare,warmer and more rounded, unless of course it isn't cutting through the mix.

The basic tuning of a rock snare drum usually low at the batter head and tight at the resonant head.

Jazz Snare

Different with rock, jazz drummer needs more articulate sound and smoothness, with crystal tone. Because jazz has the widest dynamic range of any style of music, it is crucial to have a snare that can function well at low or high volumes. The wood or brass shell seems to be the answer. Wood snare would be "warmer" with a deep one providing a good tone and body, and brass shell get you the volume and projection from a metal snare, while getting the warmth and sensitivity of a maple snare. Tune the bottom heads quite tight, and top head is fairly tight, but not choked, with no muffled.

Funk Snare

Funk drummer want a shallow small and high pitch snare with distinctive stressed and highly accented sound. The size would be along the 13 to 14 range, maple, birch, mahogany is a good choice of shell to start with, across with varying depths. They have to be highly accented and stressed sound characterized by a high crack. The heads are used to be tightly tuned to maintain crack while providing a full-bodied sound.

The above description is an outline guide in choosing a snare drum. There are many things in choosing a snare with more detail. If you collide with a budget, choose wisely, or seek a used snare drum. Most important is the sense of the snare, feel and play, if you feel the sound is suitable for you, and have click with it, then go for it.