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Drum head help?
Hi, I'm new to the whole drumming scene, so please bare with me.
When buying drum heads, I know that you need to buy heads to be the batters and heads to be the reasonant ones. But do they need to be "resonant drum heads" or can they just be regular ones? I mean, could I use the heads in this link as resonant drum heads?:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?itemid=31747&sourcetype=singleitemsearch
Generally, bottom heads are thinner, and arguably more resonant. You want "sympathetic vibration" (other sound) to cause them to resonate - a thinner head will start to vibrate more easily from "sympathetic vibration" than a thicker head. The term "batter head" is because it's the head you "beat" on (bat/batter/beat - same word origins) and it's always a little thicker. While a thin head would resonate more freely, it would also break more easily.
The only drum that HAS to have a bottom head, though, is a snare drum. That head is, by the way, called the "snare head" - often confusing since it's on the bottom of a snare drum - the top is still called the batter head. The "snare head" is called that because the wires or strings that run across it are called the "snares" - and are where "snare drum" gets its name.
Experiment with and without bottom heads - it's a matter of taste and environment which set-up you use.
In reference to your link - coated heads are usually for batter heads - it helps prolong the life of the head. I think you'd find all of those in the link are batter heads - the one for snare drum doesn't say "snare head" but rather "snare drum head"
Technically you could use a thicker head on the bottom, but it will alter your sound a good bit - sound will be darker, muted, and less responsive. On a snare drum, you can use a batter head in a pinch on bottom, but you'll lose almost all of your "snare" sound. If you're a really heavy player, might not be as noticable as if you're a light jazz player. But if you're a heavy player, consider going without bottom heads on all but snare.
BTW - Evans and Remo - both good brands of heads, in general. Lots of brands out there. Search on Yahoo for Steve Weiss Music, Lone Star Percussion, and/or Explorers Percussion - all three have huge mail order operations and specialize in percussion.
