<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">snare drums</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>side drums</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>snares</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>tubular drums double head</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>drum, snare</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>drums, snare</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snare drum</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snare-drums</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Double-headed cylindrical drums characterized by having several gut, nylon, wire, or wire-covered silk strings (snares) stretched across the lower head; the snares vibrate sympathetically with the lower head (to which vibration is transmitted from the upper, or batter, head by air vibrations inside the drum), causing a snappy, penetrating, relatively high-pitched sound. The use of snares on drums was known in ancient Egypt. ]]></note></mads>