drum heads?

Question

whats the difference in a normal drum head and a resonance head?

Answer 1

The "normal" drum head is usually called the batter head because it is the one that you strike (takes a battering).

Resonant heads are heads on the opposite (or under) side of the drum. They are not meant to be struck and typically are thinner than batter heads.

Resonant heads are meant to modify the sustain of the drum. If a resonant head is tuned to match the batter head you will get maximum sustain. This is because they will vibrate together at the same frequency. The energy of you striking the head is returned bounced of the resonant head and returned to the batter head and back again.

Tuning the resonant head different will shorten the sustain. This is because the batter and resonant heads will vibrate "out-of-sync" and the colliding sound wave will quickly begin to cancel each other out. Tuning the resonant head higher than the batter will create a completely different sound then tuning it lower.

You should experiment to find the sound you want.

Answer 2

A resonant head shortens the sustain and brightens the tone for enhanced projection during live performances.

Answer 3

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