<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31464723</termId><termName>snare drums</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![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. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:05:05</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31464724</termId><termName>drum, snare</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31464725</termId><termName>drums, snare</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31464726</termId><termName>snare drum</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31464727</termId><termName>snare-drums</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31449045</termId><termName>tubular drums double head</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>31476446</termId><termName>side drums</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>RT</relationType><termId>31379449</termId><termName>snares</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>