{"id":11965,"date":"2018-10-15T08:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T15:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=11965"},"modified":"2022-08-22T09:04:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:04:34","slug":"wood-vs-metal-snare-drums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wood-vs-metal-snare-drums\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Vs. Metal Snare Drums For Rock Drumming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hL9XAZ3eXu0\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It can be overwhelming choosing a <a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/jWVnx6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snare drum<\/a> with all the unique types of materials they come in. The best rule of thumb is if it sounds good to you, use it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a demonstration (with the same beat and microphone) of each of the most popular wood and metal snare drum types used in rock music to help give you a little direction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/a1Pxvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Birch<\/strong><\/a> is a dense wood that has a sharp, focused sound. A common choice for live settings where you need big projection. The one in this video is a Pearl Masters birch.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/152Dnx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maple<\/strong><\/a> is a common choice for recording. It was a warm tone and covers an even range of frequencies. The one in this video is a Sonor Prolite maple.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/Zdqxng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Walnut<\/strong><\/a> falls into the lighter category of woods. Responsive feel that sounds great in both low and high tunings. The one in this video is a Woods walnut.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/WDg6WZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Oak<\/strong><\/a> is one of the most durable woods that boasts a low, round tone. The one in this video is a Yamaha Oak Custom.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/n1gRr9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Brass<\/strong><\/a> offers poppy and crispy sound characteristics that can easily cut through louder music when needed.<br \/>\nThe one in this video is a Pearl brass.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/RyKOJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steel<\/strong><\/a> has a long sustain, bright tone, and is fairly inexpensive to produce. The one in this video is a Dunnett Steel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/NKXQAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Aluminum<\/strong><\/a> has a short sound and generally doesn&#8217;t require any dampening when played. Much drier when compared to other metals. The one in this video is a Yamaha aluminum.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imp.i114863.net\/YgLqWB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Titanium<\/strong><\/a> possesses a neutral, dry tone that can sit comfortably in all tuning ranges. The one in this video is a Dunnett (Drumeo branded) titanium 13&#8243;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be overwhelming to choose a snare drum with all the unique types of materials they come in these days. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11965"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32684,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions\/32684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}