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Record 1 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
  • Percussion Instruments
DEF

Heavy strings or wires, now often overspun with metal, stretched across the center of one head of the snare or side drum (and sometimes of larger drums) so as to vibrate against it when the other head is struck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
DEF

Fil tendu entre deux points fixes solidaires d'un corps sonore - caisse de résonance ou table d'harmonie - que l'on fait vibrer soit en l'écartant de sa position d'équilibre [...], soit en la frottant [...], soit en la frappant [...]. La corde peut être faite d'un simple fil métallique, d'un simple boyau d'origine animale ou, depuis peu, d'un simple fil de nylon.

OBS

La corde peut être faite d'un simple fil métallique, d'un simple boyau d'origine animale ou, depuis peu, d'un simple fil de nylon.

Spanish

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