A tar is a single-headed drum played from Turkey to Morocco. It is held mainly with one hand, although the playing hand supports the drum to a certain extent while playing. It has an open tone, and is often either played for accompaniment to other instruments or in tar-ensembles. For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...
From Africa (the tar, and muzhar), Asia, the Middle East, to Europe (the bodhrán) and North America, the frame drum is everywhere.
The rope tension snare drum is the ancient ancestor of the modern marching snare drum, as well as the high-tension snare drum commonly used by bagpipe bands and the concert snare drum used in orchestras and as a part of the drum set.
It is the concert stage version of the marching snare drum and the decendant of the rope tension field drum.
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