Of the instrumental timbres, the snare drum was the one that was most frequently identified.
The snare drum, for example, plays an almost melodic role in counterpoint to the voice.
They were playing syncopated things that were meshing with the snare drum.
Another accident might be the snare drum hit that appears in isolation at 0:46.
All of the instrumental layers emphasise the downbeat, even the snare drum.
In the song's instrumental introduction, the guitar and snare drum are placed into rhythmic juxtaposition, each with syncopations whose combined effect perfectly illustrate the woman's awkward entrance.
In the final 1945 version, his remixing went even further, with a xylophone glissando and a new snare drum roll producing a distinctively dry, crackling spray of dissonant upper partials.
Much of the development of the snare drum and the drum rudiments is closely tied with the use of the snare drum in the military.
