{"id":1165,"date":"2020-09-14T21:23:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2020-09-14T21:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:23:45","slug":"examples-of-membranophones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/examples-of-membranophones\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Examples Of Membranophones (Some Familiar, Some Not)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What’s a membranophone? A membrane is a thin flat material.<\/strong> A membranophone is an instrument that produces sound by the vibrations of a flat stretched material<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore there are other classifications of membranophones, including struck, plucked, and friction. I’ll try and point out those as I go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It sounds kind of technical and obtuse, but it’s not! I’m going to share with you lots of examples of membranophones–so next time you’re asked in your music class you’ll sound super smart by rattling off some of these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By far, the most common type of membranophone has another more common name. A drum!<\/strong> They aren’t exactly the same thing as you’ll see later on, but this makes up the most important recognizable category of membranophone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drums typically make sound by a stretched membrane being struck by another device, including drumsticks, mallets, or sometimes a hand. After being struck the energy from the striking device transfers a lot of energy to the membrane<\/strong>. In the case of a drum the membrane is often called the drum head, or drum skin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When the flat drum membrane vibrates and that vibration moves the air the air subsequently rattles the eardrum to where we then perceive sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The snare drum is one of the most recognizable drums because it is so critical to the music we listen to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The snare drum is a type of membranophone with a special difference that sets it apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The snare drum has thin wires stretched across the bottom of the drumhead. When the drumhead is struck, the wires rattle against the drumhead creating a hissing sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That hissing sound<\/strong> is crucial for all pop, all R&B, all rock and roll. Any song that has some form of a drumkit (electronic or real) relies on the snare drum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the snare drum is so easy to hear, it’s used to accent the beat<\/strong>. Which, for rock and pop is almost always beats 2 and 4. Besides these accents, the snare drum is used extensively during fills and other embellishments the drummer uses to add interest to the song (such as ghost notes). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The drum itself is struck<\/strong> with a drumstick, so it can be classified as a struck membranophone. However, since the characteristic sound of the drum is the sound of the snare wires rattling against the drumhead, they could also be considered friction membranophones.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, you can play the snare drum with brushes that glide across the snare drum face (these brushes are typically used in ballads… and inserting my own opinion here, they sound amazing. I love the sound of brushes. Anyway, this is another example of how the snare can also be considered a friction membranophone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Snare drums often come in a dual-head configuration, where it has two drumheads, one on top of the drum where you strike it and one on the bottom. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDrums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Snare Drum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n