Cymbals in a sentence

Accent cymbals include chime cymbals, small-bell domed cymbals or those with a clear sonorous/oriental chime to them like specialized crash and splash cymbals and many china types too, particularly the smaller and/or thinner ones.

Other cymbals Effects cymbals main All cymbals other than rides, hi-hats and crashes/splashes are usually called effects cymbals when used in a drum kit, though this is a non-classical or colloquial designation that has become a standardized label.

Accent cymbals Cymbals of any type used to provide an accent rather than a regular pattern or groove are known as accent cymbals.

Ancient cymbals Ancient cymbals or tuned cymbals are much more rarely called for.

Hi-hats main The hi-hat cymbals consist of two cymbals mounted facing each other on a metal pole, with a foot pedal that can be depressed to move the cymbals together.

Modern hi-hat cymbals are much heavier than modern crash cymbals, reflecting the trend to lighter and thinner crash cymbals as well as to heavier hi-hats.

Swish and pang main Swish and pang cymbals are exotic ride and crash/ride cymbals similar to china cymbals in tone.

The hi-hats can be sounded by striking the cymbals with one or two sticks or just by opening and closing the cymbals with the footpedal, without striking the cymbals.

Tom-tom drums, small crash cymbals, Chinese cymbals and hi-hat cymbals were added to the drum set.

Although crash cymbals range in thickness from paper-thin to very heavy, all crash cymbals have a fairly thin edge.

Chinese-style crash cymbals in use Crash cymbals are usually damped by pressing them against the player's body.

Early development Prior to the development of the drum set, the standard way that drums and cymbals were used in military and orchestral music settings was to have the different drums and cymbals played separately by different percussionists.

Finn's drum kit is currently supplied by Slingerland; his cymbals are a variety of "really good" Sabians including two 13" El Sabor splashes as his main "crash" cymbals, 14" Hi hats and a 20" Ride on his left side.

In older music the composer sometimes provided just one part for this pair of instruments, writing senza piatti or piatti soli ( Italian "without cymbals" or "cymbals only" main) if only one of the instruments is needed.

Open and closed hi-hat refer to notes struck while the two cymbals are apart or together (open or closed), while pedal hi-hat refers to parts or notes played solely with the pedal used to strike the two cymbals.

Smaller and thinner cymbals tend to be darker with more shimmer, while larger and thicker cymbals tend to respond better in louder volume situations, and conversely.

The evolution that became the "hi-hats" allowed drummers to play the two cymbals with drum sticks while simultaneously controlling how open or closed the two cymbals were with their foot.

The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite note (see: crotales ).

Barker plays a drumroll as the two kiss before blue confetti explodes into the air as he smashes on the cymbals.

The nerve-fraying final cutoff washed over Thursday’s audience like a leap into icy water, brass blaring and cymbals rattling.