Sentence examples for batter head from inspiring English sources

Note that in a pinch (or in a budget crisis), any batter head can be used as a resonant head.

In a standing position, as in an orchestral setting, the batter head should be near your belt buckle in height.

The batter head (the striking surface) should be tuned to a much higher pitch than a tom or bass drum.

Ask someone to strike the batter head with the pedal while you listen to the sound of the drum.

Each of these drums has both a batter head (the top head) and a resonant head (the bottom) made of Mylar.

Tune the front head in the same manner as the batter head, but turn the lugs another half turn to get a slightly higher tone on the front head.

Tuning your resonant heads lower than your batter heads will cause a downward "pitch bend".

The resonant heads are the ones on the bottoms of the drums (as opposed to the batter heads that provide the playing surface).

It's the most important part of tuning the drum kit, because the batter heads won't sound right if you don't take the time to accurately pitch the bottom heads.

Snap your wrist intensely, keep in mind that you are aiming for the batters head, it will break right in front of the plate in the bottom outside corner.

He threw nine wild pitches, the majority of them flung 10 feet over the batters' heads.