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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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Drum Set Fills & Grooves
Apr 13th
Drumming DVD, “Practical Drumming” with Brian Lutz, is an all-around Drumming DVD featured in DRUMHEAD MAGAZINE & MODERN DRUMMER MAGAZINE!
The DVD covers a wide range of topics and skill levels. There are some foundational portions there were surprisingly new to me. It is critical to build on a solid foundation, so I feel this alone helped me progress and break some old habits that were holding me back.
It includes a 12-page booklet of P.A.S. Essential Snare Rudiments & Drum Set notation (printable in full-page format), 3-Hours of Snare & Drum set Instruction & Live-Performances. Musical Performances in 21 Different Playing Styles PLUS Full-Length Live-Band Performances!
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Oct 18th
I’ve recently taken the plunge to learn How To Sing And Play The Drums at the same time. It’s been hard but I think I’m getting the hang of it.
So, I thought I would share how I did it and what I think are the best ways of learning how to do it.
1. First of all, I’d recommend picking a song that you know quite well and that will be easy to play along to.
2. Play along to the same beat of the song or if you have another simpler beat that works with the song, use that.
3. Now try humming to the words. I find if it’s a song that has a repetitive chorus and the beat in the chorus seems simple enough, try that first to get comfortable with the pace and the coordination of singing at the same time. Remember, you are using ALL your limbs and mouth to do this. Expect it to be a challenge, but believe me, it’s rewarding when you pull it off.
4. Practice, practice and practice! Gradually start adding more parts of the song, pick up the pace (to the song’s original speed) and learning the song transitions (ie. Verse to chorus, chorus to bridge etc.). This can be quite challenging, but be patient.
5. Now you have that sorted, the next step is to get someone else’s opinion on what you sound like. I mean, it’s one thing to know how to sing and play drums, but it’s another thing to know how sing properly and in key.
If you feel like it’s just too difficult, just think back to the time when you first began learning the drums and how difficult that was. If you’ve been playing for a while, do you ever have people tell you how they can’t believe how tricky playing the drums must be? But it’s kinda like second nature once you get the basics down, right? Well, it’s exactly the same as singing and playing the drums at the same time.
I hope you get some helpful tips out of this advice. If you find you have other ways and methods of playing the drums and singing at the same time, please share them in the comments section below. Alternatively, feel free to contact me directly but going to the contact page on this site.
Cheers!
Greg
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