The snare head and snare system

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Drums used to be made out of wood and dries animal skins. Now they are made from metal, plastics and the "skin" is synthetic or man made.

Many snare drums are made from wood. Maple and birch are the most common woods. Yamaha has an oak snare that's good.

The heads on a snare are, today, almost always made of mylar. You can get heads made from animal skin, but most drummers play mylar.

As for the snares...some snares are made from (synthetic) gut, but most are made of wire.

snare came from snare drum and the snare on it is the wire-like material that creates the sound.

the marching snare has a crisp loud noise as for a concert snare has more of a bass style