Tenor drum
A tenor drum , Landsknechttrommel , spinal or Rollier drum is a cylindrical drum with a distinctive tone, which is somewhat lower than in the snare drum .
Their body is made of wood, more rarely of metal. The width is about 40 cm, the height 30–40 cm. Usually it has eardrum on both sides.
Use in various areas of music
In the percussion of a symphony orchestra , it stands horizontally on a stand or on legs. Hardwood sticks with a softer head than those used on the snare drum are mostly used as mallets. In his Requiem (1837), however, Hector Berlioz stipulated that they should be tuned in Bb and played with drumsticks. In today's orchestras it is mostly replaced by the drum with the snare strings lifted off.
In marching music she has no second eardrum. It is carried with a frame or strap. There are arrangements with several tenor drums (multitenort drums), which depending on the number of duos (2 pieces), tris (3 pieces), quads (4 pieces), quints (5 pieces) and squints , hexes , six-packs or sextets (6 pieces ) to be named.
In samba music it has two eardrums, is worn with a strap and played with hard mallets . There it is called Alfaia.
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- Karl Peinkofer: Handbook of the drums: Practice and technology . Schott, ISBN 978-3795726416
