How to Play Cymbal Swells

Video Transcript

"In this clip I'm going to demonstrate how to do cymbal swells. I'll actually use all the cymbals to be able to do this. Cymbal swells are actually used in various different applications. The beginning of a song maybe you have an acoustic piece that calls for some sort of you know, cymbal swells. So that's what I'm going to do here. And like I said, I'm going to use all the cymbals. And what you want to do for a cymbal swell, is you want to start off slow. As the word implies, swell. Make it get bigger as you go. So here we go. Those are cymbal swells. And a couple hits at the end there, just because I'm goofy. So have fun with it man. Don't be too serious about yourself, just have a good time. See you. "