Editing Drum kit (section)

====Snare drum====
[[File:2006-07-06 snare 14.jpg|thumb|Snare drum on a modern light-duty snare drum stand]]
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The snare drum provides the [[backbeat]]. When applied in this fashion, it supplies strong regular accents played by the non-dominant hand and is the backbone for many [[drum fill|fills]]. Its distinctive sound can be attributed to the bed of stiff metal wires held under tension against the bottom head (known as the snare head). When the top head (known as the batter head) is struck with a drumstick, the snare wires vibrate, creating a snappy, [[staccato]] buzzing sound, along with the sound of the stick striking the batter head. Some drummers may use two or more snare drums at a kit, known as secondary snares, to diversify and create different sounds on backbeat.