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A rimshot is just a accent from the regular head. It gives you a louder crack when you hit the rim and head. The "ba-dum CHING" are just regular hits (I guess?) where you hit only on the drum head itself. Just another tool to your toolbox of sounds.
Rimshots
I've heard the definition of a "rimshot" to be both hitting the rim and head of a snare at the same time, and that "ba-dum CHING" sound after a lame joke. Is there a proper term for either one to differentiate between the two?
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A rimshot is just a accent from the regular head. It gives you a louder crack when you hit the rim and head. The "ba-dum CHING" are just regular hits (I guess?) where you hit only on the drum head itself. Just another tool to your toolbox of sounds.
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The joke thing isn't a rimshot. The first definition is the correct one, hitting head and rim.
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RIM SHOT is the only term I know but I have heard another but can't remember what it is.
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They are both called rimshots.
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accent (crack)=rim shot and quiet tap (click)=side stick
Last edited by itchie; 05-03-2011 at 09:34 AM.
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I've always wondered this myself.
Like when someone writes a joke like:
"What's brown and sticky? A stick (rimshot)."
"BA DOOMP CHING" isn't actually a rimshot. A rimshot is a "CRACK".
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They are both called rimshots. The term is an old one, but still used today. Words can have more than one definition.
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The joke thing / rim shot ..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOl4VcV5ng&feature=related"]YouTube - GARY RIMSHOT[/ame]
Rim Shot
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9iaSp77xB8&feature=related"]YouTube - Drum tutor , How to do a rim shot.[/ame]
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