drum head
Taut percussion skin
The membrane stretched over the open end of a drum, struck to produce sound.
Drumheads are typically made of animal skin or synthetic material.
A drumhead court-martial is a swift military trial held in the field, named for the practice of using an upturned drum as a table—justice delivered with battlefield speed and minimal deliberation.
Body's outer layer
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- resonantDeeply vibrating with sound
- coatedHaving a surface layer
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
mylar · calfskin · tension · tuning · rimshot · strike · beat · tone
Of or like drums
- eardrumInner auditory membrane
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- middle earSound-conducting body chamber
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
vibration · ossicles · auditory · perforation
skin
Body's outer layer
clear · mylar · calfskin · tension · tuning · rimshot · strike · beat · tone · timbre
tympanic
Of or like drums
- eardrumInner auditory membrane
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- middle earSound-conducting body chamber
hearing · vibration · ossicles · auditory · perforation
- drum kithi-hat, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, tom, toms
- bass drum partsbeater
- snare drumsstrainer, throw-off, lugs, tension rods, rim
- Unsteady Motionshake, vibrate, vibration, tremor, oscillating
- Kendang
- resonanceresonance, harmonic, fundamental, natural frequency, node
drum headdrum shell
Drum's cylindrical core
shell · hoop · lug · tension rod · cylinder