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No. but if you tighten the skins by twisting the bolts on the sides with a drums key the pitch will change. the snare cant play melodies cuz you cant keep twisting all the bolts fast enough. and you would look really stupid.How would u look really stupid by tightining the bolts on your snare drum?

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Yes a snare drum is tuned. You can tune it by using the drum key to turn the drum lugs around alternately.

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No, you can't change the pitch

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