Something about the style used to play it & also that thick crisp attack that I like. It's kinda hard to pinpoint it exactly for me.

I'd have to say the visual aspect. With bass drums, you can do tricks, but its mostly just the drop-n-grab since there's a drum in front of you, but then again, you get to split. With snare drumming, there's a clean surface in front of you where you can do any trick layout on the "one" drum you have. You have full accessibility to your right and left, behind and in front. With tenors, you have to hit 6 drums specifically, and putting tricks into that takes time. Plus snare is simpler for freestylin'. Just what I think.

P.S. Clean always = Good

Because were not going to have a cymbal line this year.And my instructor wont let me play bass,and i have no knowledge whatsoever about tenors so i guess im playing snare.

Because it makes me feel tough... like a Fighter Pilot. Snares are the best of all. Everyone aspires to play snare at some point. (The snare drummers all secretly want to play tenors though) So yeah, it's an ego trip mostly. I love a clean triplet roll more than anything too.

I play snare because... Before I knew anything about marching percussion, I saw a certian movie that I shall not speak the name of. To a kid in middle school it was cool. I didn't make snare as a freshmen, so I played bass. The center snare showed me vicfirth.com, and I looked around it for a few days. After seeing the Cadets 05 line... ive been working my censored off. Sophmore year I started playing snare, and beat out the 2 vets 4 the solo XD. oh and yes binghamsnare is right... a clean triplet roll sounds amazing.

I wanted to play snare in the beginning because they seem to capture your attention. Not just because there tends to be more of them and the voicing is higher, but because of an attitude that seems to be carried by them. Now, I play because I love traditional grip. Tenors are a lot of fun, and almost nothing beats a bassline that's in the pocket. But the feel of playing snare and the ease of the left hand that comes along with traditional just creates a completely different experience (though I'm sure the same can be argued about every instrument).

Well i Play snare Becouse i love the sound and it fits my personality. i mean dont get me wrong i have tons of chops and can play every mrching drum really well. but aint nothin like a good yahamaha snare my friend...

I play snare cause I got cut from the bassline :P

I play the snare because it makes me feel like the center of attention. Whats more noticeable: the clarinets playing a b flat instead of a b natural...or the snare line not playing together at all? It all goes back to the drumline being ego maniacs:)

WOW! awesome question. Why do i play snare?... I started on tenors and liked it a lot, played bass and hated it (only cause we sucked) then came snare... I put it on and realized that's what i wanted to do. i love rudiments. I love perfection. i love the fact that in order for me to be successful i have to play perfect as it relates to those around me. Don't get me wrong... tenor and bass players have to play clean to but it's diifrent on a snare.

I guess to simplify all this hooplah... Perfecting snare is more fun for me than perfecting bass or tenors.