Wiktionary
alt. The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic. n. The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.
Usage examples of "drum head".
Taking down his bodhran with his free hand and flicking a finger against the drum head to check the tautness, he explained briefly the tradition of the fiery cross.
They have no drums because in the Amazon the humidity is so high that no drum head could remain stretched more than a few hours.
When her hands were certain on the drum head, she closed her eyes.
The drum head felt cold and alien beneath her fingers, and her hands trailed off into soft, mournful sounds.
He tore his eyes away before it took on substance, concentrating on the movements of his hands against the drum head, refusing to believe that hammer of power was rising to flatten them all.
His fingers tapped a small patter of notes on the drum head, a rhythm that sent a crawling chill up Hosteen's back.
His fingers tapped a small patter of notes on the drum head, a rhythm that sent a crawling chill up Hosteen’.
If we hook the needle up to a lever, and use the lever to wiggle a thin diaphragm (like a drum head) back and forth, then the diaphragm moving back and forth moves more air, which then has more energy, (more oomph) and can be heard more clearly.
If we hook the needle up to a lever, and use the lever to wiggle a thin diaphragm (like a drum head) back and forth, then the diaphragm moving back and forth moves [i]more air[/i], which then has more energy, (more oomph) and can be heard more clearly.