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| Term | Definition |
| Resonant Head | On a two-headed drum, this is the drumhead that is not played. On a Snare Drum or Tom-Tom, this would be the bottom head on the drum. On a Kick or Bass Drum, this would be the front head. The resonant head is not struck; it vibrates and helps to control the sustain, decay and pitch of a drum. The resonant head on a Snare Drum is actually more commonly known as the Snare Head. This is because the Snare wires touch the resonant (bottom) head of the Snare Drum. |
| Rhythmic Displacement | Occurs when the feel is shifted so that the listener's ear hears the groove shifting ... as if there were an odd meter or odd bar thrown in to "throw everything off" when in reality the meter is still the same, but a different down-beat or back-beat is felt. An example may be that the shifting happens a sixteenth sooner, or sixteenth later ... or an eighth-note ... or a quarter-note. The shifting process, which creates tension or dissonance in the music, typically resolves itself so that the listener now feels a release or consonance in the groove or music. |
| Rimshot | Performed like a normal stroke on a drum, but the shank of the stick comes in contact with the rim of the drum at the same time as tip of the stick hits the center of the drumhead. Sounds like a gunshot if the snare drum is tuned moderately high (or higher). |
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