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    Quote Originally Posted by chrisparr72 View Post
    I haven't seen this one yet:

    Drummer: The person in the back who hits stuff and who knows less about music than anyone else in the band, even if they've had years of theory training, general music classes, hold a degree, etc.
    OR,
    The king of the band.Who else would sit on a throne making basic music.(Not to be confused with toilet throne.)
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    T.C.

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    Vibraslap: consisting of a piece of stiff wire (bent in a U shape) connecting a wood ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball (usually against the palm of their other hand). The box acts as a resonating body for a metal mechanism placed inside with a number of loosely fastened pins or rivets that vibrate and rattle against the box.[1] The instrument is a modern version of the jawbone.

    Claves:are a percussion instrument (idiophone), consisting of a pair of short (about 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in), thick dowels. Traditionally they were made of wood, typically rosewood, ebony or grenadilla. Nowadays they are also made of fibreglass or plastics due to the greater durability of these materials. When struck they produce a bright clicking noise. Claves are sometimes hollow and carved in the middle to amplify the sound.


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    Splash cymbal: a smaller sized, higher pitched cymbal used for quick accents, because of the shorter decay time, and it's lower volume.
    Crash cymbal: a larger sized accent cymbal with a longer decay time, and a greater volume. These cymbals are also available as "Fast Crashes," which will indicate a shorter than normal decay time.
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    bucket o fish: a triplet followed by a kick
    if you ask a drummer what time it is?!? they're likely to respond with a time signature "oh, it's 4/4"....


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    chime = a little cymbal (smaller than a splash mostly) with a very short sound

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    Tiga-ta-tiga-ta-tiga-ta-boom-boom-peesh
    The sound coming from a singers mouth when he thinks he's speaking "drum".

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    Quote Originally Posted by nighthawk11 View Post
    Tiga-ta-tiga-ta-tiga-ta-boom-boom-peesh
    The sound coming from a singers mouth when he thinks he's speaking "drum".
    amendment to add producer to this also

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    Twak....refers to the sound made with a glancing blow of the stick on a drum falling from the drum throne. Twing...same as Twak...but a cymbal hit instead.
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    Pies: Commonly used word to refer to cymbals

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    Welcome to Drum Chat CoolZoid!
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    floon = the distance from the drum throne to your cup holder
    flawn = the actual area where the cup holder is located
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    Stolen from Douglas Adams dictionary - "The Meaning Of Liff"*

    THROCKING (participle vb.) - The action of continually pushing down the lever on a pop-up toaster in the hope that you will thereby get it to understand that you want it to toast something.

    Also: a style of drum-playing favoured by Nigel Olsson of the Elton John Band, reminiscent of the sound of someone slapping a frankfurter against a bucket. An excellent example of this is to be heard on 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight' from the album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.


    *In Life (and indeed in Liff) there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist.
    On the other hand, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places.
    Our job, as we see it, is to get these words down off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and and sucklings and so on, where they can earn their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society.

    Douglas Adams & John Lloyd.
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    eyedoe = usually followed by the word " wanna " and then by quit playin' drums.
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    L.A.S Learning Aquisition Syndrome.. directly related to G.A.S and also still not curable by modern medicine.
    IE:
    Hey everyone I just signed up for one of Mike Johnston's Drum camps. --
    -- oh man you just gave me the worst case of LAS ..
    We Have nothing to fear but Reefs and Pirates

    I tried taking life seriously, didn't much like it so now what I take seriously is living

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    Off-Beat: hitting things between the numbers.

    Dynamics: stressing some notes more than others

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    angel....is when one drum stick leaves the hand and travels upwards and OVER any other band member....If it actually hits another band member it's called angle and heaven forbid, but if it comes back down and hits the drummer it's time to go home !
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    Black Hole: That mysterious void where dropped wing nuts, screws, errant drum keys and, God forbid, your car keys, wallet and mobile all seem to magically disppear to somewhere around the stage near your drum kit five minutes before you're due to play.

    See also: Worm Hole, Break In The Time/Space Continuum and Timelord Space Travel.
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    Buckets: What someone calls a drumset when horrifically angry
    because they wont tune up...

    Lifesaver: Commonly referred to as a Drumkey

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    Frap....just how it sounds. A frap is the distance from the floor onto the stage. Don't know why but ... if the distance requires a second step or other than customary thigh excertion, it is then a freep. I guess it kinda' makes sense.

    something else you might not know is " glint " rarely found and seen by only the astute observser...glint can only be noticed when the house lights are off and less than two stage lights are reflected off double braced stands. More common is glitter and includes any reflection, even those off keyboards, guitars, etc.
    Most definitely. As a matter of fact, there will be "NO LIMIT"... just an unending quagmire of musical genius.

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    nobody got this one?

    Skins - membrane that convers the drum body typically held in place by the rim hardware. Slang - refers to a set of drums, typically old jazz slang i.e. "Buddy sure could play those skins!"

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    Blur:

    1) the distorted image of motion displayed by the rapid motion of a drummer's limbs, as displayed by fine practioners of the art such as Buddy Rich, Ginger Baker, George Kollias, Derek Roddy, Louis Bellson, Billy Cobham, Carl Palmer and many many others. Also includes the 'stenographers' of the percussion world, tabla players like Zakir Hussain and Trilok Gurtu.

    2) A 'Britpop' band, known for their sardonic observation of English life.


    Not to be confused with the similar sounding interjected expression 'bleurgh', used often as an expression of disgust when exposed to the latest manufactured pop fad hit.

    1st guy: " 'Ere, did you see Blur at Hyde Park, when they 'ad that celebration to close this year's Olympics? They were on wiv' The Specials, New Order and all tha'?"
    2nd guy: "Oh yeah, I did. Bluidy brilliant, 'twasn't it?"
    3rd guy: "BLEEEEUUUURGH!!!"
    1st guy: "Well, wha's wrong wiv' 'im?"
    2nd guy: "Oh 'im? Looks like 'is girlfriend's got 'im to listen to Nicky Minaj!"
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    Neglect Not playing your set for almost a month. Poor babies lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Northern Redneck View Post
    Bassist. A frustrated guitar play who couldnt handle six strings so he dropped to four.
    lol

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    Rack- The best way to mount all of your drums and cymbals on one stand.

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    Rack Off - Resorting to using your stands and clamps again to mount cymbals and drums when you realise that some venues will be less accommodating to large drumsets and you're forced to play a four-piece squeezed between the bassist and guitarist's amps on a stage not much bigger than the back of a flatbed truck. Decrease the chance of keeping your ample elbow room when your fellow band members in their infinite wisdom decide to include "special guests" during your gig. Or you're actually playing a gig on a flatbed truck.

    Also, a favourite word of exchange between Aussie 'bogans'....."Rack off ya mongrel or I'll call the cops!"

    Rack On - when one finds that finally they've enough elbow room stage-wise on a good, even great gig (cherish these when you get them!). Not to be confused with raccoon....that's a small stripey furry animal.

    Rack On, Rack Off: The trials and tribulations of Daniel-san when he was roadying for Mr Miyagi back in his little-known Jap-rock days.

    "Daniel-san! Tonight we play at Budokan! Rack on, rack on!
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