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  2. Snare drum - Wikipedia

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    The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades, drumlines, drum corps, and

  3. List of European medieval musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Drum and fife association found in Basle in 1332.Larger drums come on the scene by the 1500s. [30] A three-hole pipe or reed pipe paired with a snare drum, the musician playing both at once. A variation of this is the Tambourine de Bearn, in which a dulcimer or string drum replaces the snare drum. Circa 1315 A.D., Macedonia. Drum, cymbals and ...

  4. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...

  5. Arthur Wynne - Wikipedia

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    He is best known for the invention of the crossword puzzle in 1913, when he was a resident of Cedar Grove, New Jersey. [5] Wynne created the page of puzzles for the "Fun" section of the Sunday edition of the New York World. For the December 21, 1913, edition, he introduced a puzzle with a diamond shape and a hollow center, with the letters F-U ...

  6. List of musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    drum Snare drum: membranophones: 211.212.11: percussion: drum Surdo: membranophones: 2: ... Invented 1910s in USA. Name reused for WWII weapon that resembled this ...

  7. Margaret Farrar - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]

  8. Drum kit - Wikipedia

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    A conventional three-piece kit consists of a bass drum, snare drum (14" diameter), hi-hat (12–14"), hanging tom (12 x 8-9" depth), and a suspended 14"–18" cymbal, the latter two mounted on the bass drum. These kits were most common in the 1950s and 1960s. [31] It is a common configuration for children.

  9. Fife and drum corps - Wikipedia

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    A fife and drum corps is a musical ensemble consisting of fifes and drums. In the United States of America, fife and drum corps specializing in colonial period impressions using fifes, rope tension snare drums and rope tension bass drums are known as Ancient Fife and Drum Corps. [1] Many of these ensembles originated from a type of military ...