| Black magic | crash
Senior Member
1,354 posts (2 today)
1 Awards
11 August 2008
| | |
| crash
Senior Member
1,354 posts (2 today)
1 Awards
11 August 2008
| | |
| bluzman
Senior Member
1,381 posts (4 today)
0 Awards
11 August 2008
| Nice drums!
What is the rationale for going to a 13" snare? Anybody?
Phil
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
-Alfred Hitchcock | | Message posted 99 days 8 hours 36 mins ago |  IP Logged |
| |
| crash
Senior Member
1,354 posts (2 today)
1 Awards
11 August 2008
| | |
| 
devoted2gretsch
"Mr. Spock"
10,063 posts (4 today)
3 Awards
11 August 2008
| | |
| malletjazz3
Senior Member
670 posts (1 today)
0 Awards
11 August 2008
| I don't know about anybody else, but I generally reach for a 13" (or 12") snare drum if I want a higher basic pitch, without having to crank up my 14 tighter than I want it to. A 13 (12) gives me the higher pitch, but with a more open medium-range tuning.
Same reason why I have a 15" snare and a 16" snare - I can go lower in pitch without having to "birthday cake" the head on a 14. Lower pitch with the quicker stick response of a higher-tensioned head. | | Message posted 99 days 3 hours 1 min ago | IP Logged |
| |
| servantrek
Senior Member
1,233 posts (4 today)
0 Awards
12 August 2008
| James,what kind of tunes do You use a 16" snare for?
I would think it's a very different sound.
Billy
Billy
A Jester,unemployed,is nobodies Fool | | Message posted 98 days 13 hours 49 mins ago | IP Logged |
| |
| crash
Senior Member
1,354 posts (2 today)
1 Awards
12 August 2008
| Maybe Ballads?
The guy with the prettiest drums
Always gets the gig! | | Message posted 98 days 13 hours 40 mins ago | IP Logged |
| |
| malletjazz3
Senior Member
670 posts (1 today)
0 Awards
12 August 2008
| The 16 is different, but not so much so that it's unuseable. It's great for certain orchestral work, basically giving the sound of a field drum but with more sensitivity due to the shallow depth.
I used it on a couple of "pops" concerts with a local symphony last year. We were performing some John Williams pieces, and the conductor asked for a larger snare drum, instead of the 6x14 that I'd brought to rehearsal, so I brought the 16 and set it up as a side snare on my kit. On the last concert, we were squeezed onto a band shell, and I didn't have enough room for a side snare, so I used it as my primary, and it worked out great.
It is a great ballad snare, although I don't think that's the only application for it. The "Theme from 'Titanic'" was on the same pops program, and the 16 sounded perfect on that.
Here are a few quick and dirty sound files, at different tunings:
• http://www.malletjazz.com/drums/5x16/mp3s/5x16low.mp3 - low tuning
• http://www.malletjazz.com/drums/5x16/mp3s/5x16high.mp3 - medium tuning
• http://www.malletjazz.com/drums/5x16/mp3s/5x16higher.mp3 - high(er) tuning
Updated on 8/12/2008 10:03:18 AM FWIW, I still use a 14" snare at least 90% of the time. It's just nice, IMO, not to have to try and do everything with a 14. | | Message posted 98 days 10 hours 57 mins ago | IP Logged |
| |
| bluzman
Senior Member
1,381 posts (4 today)
0 Awards
12 August 2008
| That's the first 16 that I've heard. I like the higher tunings and it answers a question that I've had as to why field drums aren't seen on drum kits.
Phil
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
-Alfred Hitchcock | | Message posted 98 days 10 hours 34 mins ago | IP Logged |
| |
|
|
To post a reply, you need to login or register.
|
