FTP, name this percussion instrument also known as a "military drum," which is commonly used for a rim shot and introduces the ostinato in Ravel's Bolero.
A smaller variant of this instrument is the "tarole", which is employed in Varèse's Ionisation. The Adagio non troppo section of the first movement of Nielsen's Fifth Symphony contains a separate, much faster metronome marking for this instrument, including instructions to "play as though determined at all costs to obstruct the music" during its cadenza. Its part is so prominent in Nielsen's clarinet concerto that the piano reduction includes a third part for a player of this instrument. Among the forty "rudiments" that form the basis of this instrument's technique are the "drag," "flam," and "paradiddle." This instrument opens and closes the "Game of Pairs" movement of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, and begins the Thieving Magpie overture with three rolls. FTP, name this percussion instrument also known as a "military drum," which is commonly used for a rim shot and introduces the ostinato in Ravel's Bolero.
A smaller variant of this instrument is the "tarole", which is employed in Varèse's Ionisation.
{snare} drum [or {side} drum; accept “{military drum}” before mention; prompt on “{drum}”]