no way....i gotta have my 3rd tom...well i don't have to but i really like it alot
no way....i gotta have my 3rd tom...well i don't have to but i really like it alot
same here i cant play the good with just two toms
the more drums the better i wished i culd afford a drumset the size of mike portnoys
I play a 5-piece set, but I have done a lesson or two on a 4-piece set...just a matter of revising your play. Like I posted on another thread, I've seen some drummers make four or five pieces sound like more, and vice versa...it's what you're comfortable with--and whether or not you're willing to take a challenge with something different!
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It goes without saying that the less drums you have, the more challenged you are to make more out of less. That said, I still like a 5 piece drumset myself. Sometimes 6 or 7 drums. I'll often put a timbale on the left for special effects.
I have a 5 piece but i often play it like a four piece ignoring one of the toms just because it suits the song better; i find it often leads to more interesting fills when your limited like that.
same here. i have a 5 piece, but at a gig one time i used the other drummer's kit and he only had 2 toms and i really enjoyed playing it. so now i'm trying to make the transition from 3 to 2 toms... adjusting my fills and just getting used to a different setup.
I saw a guy playing a 3 piece. Kick, snare, floor tom. Plays in a cover band that does everything from rap to rock to country to metal. Amazing. Just listening I didn't even notice he only had three drums.
I play a 4 peice
Thats my set up...just like Buddy Rich. Some times I use a second floor tom.Originally Posted by LIMPy
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i have a 5-piece set (snare, bass, 2 mounted toms, and 1 floor tom) but i really wish i could buy another floor tom because i think i could do so much more than i do now but since i'm so poor i live with my 5 piece
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i have 3 mounted toms and 1 floor tom, snare,double bass, and 6 cymbals
Oh and a cowbell (lol Utopia...)
its amazing what 1 tom or a double bass pedal can do... so many more possibilities
i want to get another cymbal and maybe even more toms
my sister set is friggin amazing... soooo much stuf i dont even remember
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Has anyone ever heard of the Black keys, their drummer was never tought how to play, and he plays a 4 peice, sometimes i think he plays a 3 peice, but he rocks it!!! It doesn't matter how many drums you have, just how you play them. I play a 4 peice so that I can practice more complicated fills, and because I'm poor and 4 peice sets tipically cost less depending on brand, wood type, size, etc.
ive got a 4 piece that i occasionaly practice on
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Size only affects the amount of sounds u play. I guess thats why punk uses 4 pieces sometimes .Its so fast u dont hear whats missing.
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its all a matter of what you do. i play in a few dif settings. when playing with my bop jazz group i play a 4 pc w/ 4 cymbals. when i play in my classic rock cover band i play a seven pc. w/ 11 cymbals to cover whatever sounds i need to make the song authentic. when i play with my original prog/fusion project i use a wole room full of perccusion instruments.
True. I believe as many cymbols as you can.... I guess number of drums matches what you play.... Kinda makes sence. You couldnt hit every drum in a 9 piece on a punk song (I doubt)
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Course you could!
no you couldnt. didnt you see what happened when people did that in the early 80s. somebody did something technical on a punk rock song and thrash metal was born.
enter metallica
Ostinato is the way to go!
I'm currently on a five piece set, and I have a six piece on the way (snare, kick, 2 ride toms and two floor toms), I'm sure both will be fun to play. Having said that, though, I will be taking lessons from a gentleman that has been playing for 40 years (works at one of our local music shops), and still gigs ocassionally. He told me that even with fewer drums, a good drummer can make it sound like more drums simply by the changes in tone depending on where you strike the head of each drum - center or closer to the rim. Made perfect sense to me.
I like them that way it looks cool and seems practical to play. What are those wuhan cymbols like. Are they very tough?
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I like them, have a listen to my videos on my myspace page and you will hear them, I get alot of good comments on them.Originally Posted by Stevo42w
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