Use in Music
Main article: Noise in music See also: Noise musicPercussion instruments are inherently noisy by nature. Specifically, snare drums (vibrations of a circular membrane), create a very noisy wave shortly after they are struck. The double headed nature of this instrument means that the harmonics are extraordinarily complex, as between both of them, there are, theoretically, an infinite number of resonant modes, and thus harmonics. In practice, though, the sound produced is not infinitely harmonic, rather it is extremely dissonant, due to the large number of constructive and destructive interfaces.
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