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Drum Set Cymbals – Making the Right Choice
Apr 22nd
Drum set cymbals are an important part of the drum set. Drum cymbals are essential because they add texture to music compositions. Cymbals can create strong accents, brightness and lightness to songs. Choosing the right cymbals for your drum set, keeping in mind the style of music to be performed, will greatly enhance the sound of the drums and music.
Cymbal properties
The sound produced by hitting cymbals may vary from cymbal to cymbal due to size, thickness, and make-up. Cymbal sizes can range anywhere from a 4″ bell to a 22″ ride, yet there are smaller and larger sizes available. You will find that most drum kits, if not all of them, will consist of cymbals with different thickness. Generally, the hihats and ride are the thickest of the cymbals, whereas some crash cymbals are relatively thin. Heavy, medium, ultra thin, and other thickness are some of the varieties that you will discover. If you are seeking a heavy resonating sound, you might choose a thick cymbal. Choose a thin cymbal for lighter resonating.
Many varieties to choose
There are many varieties of cymbals to accompany your drum kit. Choose from great selections produced by top manufacturers like Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian, and Meinl. These companies have been around for years producing top quality cymbals used by musicians worldwide. Each company has their own expansive line of quality cymbals. They also have available unique items such as the china, swizzle, swish, pang, and gong.
Visit your local music store
Test the sounds of different cymbals at your local music store. Not all music stores will have a separate drum department carrying an array of cymbals, so you may have to look around for those stores. As you test these cymbals, listen for qualities such as brilliance, projection, attack, and presence. You will be able to decide what will work best for you.
About the author:
Thaddeus W. Johnson is a writer, professional drummer and drum teacher who enjoys providing tips and valuable information for online shoppers of the best drum sets such as the Ludwig drum set. Also, for further interest are related products and topics such as woods for drum sets.
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SABIAN Cymbals Set-Up Builder
Feb 23rd
I guess this has been around for a while, but I only recently discovered it and I’d wish I knew about it when I was in the market to buy a new Drum Set with Cymbals.
It’s the Cymbal Set-Up Builder by SABIAN.
All you need to do is:
- Create your set-up from scratch OR
- Choose your favourite Sabian artist template, OR
- Choose a Genre template.
Then you can move things around, edit what drums you prefer and best of all, you can save your Sabian Cymbal Set-up and play the kit so you can find out what each cymbal sounds like. The only downside with the site is that you can’t share your set-up easily with Facebook or Twitter etc, and I’ve noticed from a few blogs out there that people have had trouble working out how they were supposed to share it, when someone at Sabian stated they needed to screen grab it and resize with MS Paint! What type of response is that?!? Anyway, all negatives aside, the website is still pretty cool.
Here’s a pic of my current kit: TAMA Superstar with a variety of Sabian Cymbals.
TAMA Superstar with SABIAN AA, AAX and Paragon Cymbals
On the Cymbal list, I have:
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AA Splash 06″
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AA Splash 10″
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AAX Fusion Hats 13″
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AA Thin Crash 16″
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AAX X-Plosion Crash 18″ (This is my favourite cymbal on the set-up. If you’re looking to get one at a good price, check out zZounds)
- Neil Peart Signature Paragon Ride 22″
Here’s the set-up of my favourite drummer, Jose Pasillas II:
Jose Pasillas II Drum Set-Up
Awesome cymbal set-up, but bugger setting it up every gig unless you had a roadie to do it for you! Read my earlier post about shrinking your Drum Set and Cymbals could make you be a better drummer.
Have a go yourself at building your Sabian Cymbal Set-Up at http://www.sabian.com/EN/setupbuilder/
If you’re looking for a cheaper place to buy Sabian Cymbals, check out zZounds.
And if you’re a Sabian advocate, you can become their fan on Facebook here.
Please leave a comment! I’d love to get some feedback on what you think about my set-up!
Cheers
Greg
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