Re: Cymbal Placement
Oh goody, another excuse to waffle on about my kit
My cymbals are divided into three 'categories'.
Hi Hat and Ride are in the traditional places, i.e. the ride is to the right of my two rack toms and above and behind the floor tom.
My two main crashes are 2002 15", one classic one medium. TBH, the classic is my favorite crash, but as it's tone is slightly lower than the medium, I use it as a 'number 2' crash, since I prefer to do my more regular crashing on the highest pitched cymbal, which is the medium, then accent by swapping in the lower toned classic. As such, the medium is above and to the right of my hats, so I can go back and forth very quickly between them. The classic lives above the right rack tom, fairly low, so it's in the right place for a 'two handed rock crash' along with the medium. It's also good for hitting when moving back and forth between hats and ride. One of these days I'll replace the medium with something faster, or else get something lower toned than the classic and swap them around.
The last two cymbals are more like effects cymbals. A Paiste Signature 17" power crash, that has a way lower tone and longer sustain than any of my main 2002 crashes. I rarely use this, as it's tonally quite different, and when I do it's hit on its own, so it sits high up and to the right of my main crash, so more or less above the left rack tom, but higher. The final cymbal is a Zildjian 18" Oriental Trash Crash. I didn't used to play this all that much, but have come to appreciate its tone, that it makes a nice accent when riding, and its also nice to crash along with the medium 2002. So this sits above the Ride, so to the right and above the classic crash. This way it's handy when riding, and also easy to do the 'two handed rock crash' along with the medium 2002.
You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common:
they don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views,
which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
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