Indefinite Pitch Instruments: Percussion instruments that produce tones that are not precise pitches (cannot play an exact pitch or tune), such as bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, etc. are called indefinite pitch instruments.

Pitch is a way of talking about how “high” or “low” a sound is. When you hit a big drum, it makes a lower pitch than a smaller drum might. Hitting a drum applies pressure to the drum. Drums with larger heads (drum surfaces) take longer to wobble back and forth, creating slower vibrations and a lower pitch.

Although most drums are unpitched instruments, they still have a fundamental pitch and overtones. Some drums such as timpani and rototoms are tuned to a definite pitch. Drums are tuned by tightening or loosening the tension rods or ropes, which control the tension on the drumhead.

2. What instrument has a single drum head that has a definite pitch produce sound. by striking the head with a mallet often called as kettle drum because of its shape? A. Timpani.

Some percussion instruments have a definite high or low pitch, and some do not have a definite pitch. The bass drum, snare drum, triangle, cymbals, and tambourine do not have a definate pitch.

Drum

Snare drum, also called side drum, military and orchestral percussion instrument having several gut, nylon, wire, or wire-covered silk strings (snares) stretched across the lower, or snare, head; the snares vibrate sympathetically with the lower head (to which vibration is transmitted from the upper, or batter, head by …

A snare is a type of drum that has a really short and sharp smack or slap sound characteristic to it. It’s also important to note that in rap music sometimes the snare drum may be substituted or blended with a clap or snap sound.

The slang term “16” (also spelled sixteen) is a noun which is used by a lot of musicians, writers, and rappers to represent a 16 bars in a verse. When rappers talk about spitting a “hot 16” or “16 bars” they are referring to a verse, which sometimes is also over and under 16 bars.

1. Kick drum. The pumping, beating heart of the rhythm in practically every genre, the kick is the largest drum in a real kit and so delivers the lowest frequencies. In rock genres, the kick is not usually played together with the snare like this, demonstrated in bar 2.