It has strands of snares that are curled metal wires, plastic cables, gut chords, or metal cables extended across the bottom of the drum. It is cylindrical with skin stretched out at its top. A wooden drumstick is used to strike the top head which is also called batter-head. Many consider the snare drum to be one of the most significant drums included in the drum set. Accordions in classical music Its popularity has considerably grown wider among classical musicians even if it is used as a folk instrument. The oldest surviving piece is the one written by Miss Louise Reisner in 1836. The chromatic accordion was first specifically recognized in the composition of by Paul Hindemith. The contemporary clarinet was from the chalumeau, an instrument likened to the recorder but with a single-reed. It lacked a register key so, on the 1800 s, it was modified and one of the keys became a register key. This gave rise to the clarinet. It was primarily known as the clarinetto. Some say that the inventor was Jacob Denner while some claim that it was his father, Johann Christoph Denner. The dynamic range is the ability of the guitar to easily switch from very loud to very soft. The cutting power is the capability of the guitar to be audible even when accompanying other instruments. This does not mean that a guitar must always be loud but it means fitting and filling dry areas instead. Of course, always tune before playing and practice a lot of times. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Don t forget to clean every after playing. Put a swab through your piccolo and tuning rod to remove spit and use a cloth to polish it. Controlling the high pitches Among all the woodwind instruments used in military bands and orchestras, the piccolo has the highest pitch causing it to stand out. Regrettably, it cannot be propped up by the hands of the player alone. A seat strap or a neck strap is required to play it to give additional support. It is played with the left hand above the right hand. There are 5 major finger holes at the front and one open-standing key. The little fingers handle five added keys at the front while the thumb manipulates no less than twelve keys at the back.