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Playing Drum Cymbals
Playing Drums With a French Grip
Playing Drums With American & German Grips
Playing Drums With a Traditional Grip
Playing the Ride & Wash Areas of a Drum Kit
Playing the Dome Area of a Drum Kit
Types of Cymbal Strokes
Doing a Side Hit on a Drum Cymbal
Playing Cymbals with Rods
Playing a Wash on a Cymbal with Rods
Playing a Dome on a Cymbal with Rods
Playing a Cymbal with the Butt of a Rod
Doing Side Hits on Cymbals with Rods
Gripping Brushes for Drumming
Playing Wash & Bell Brushes on Drum Cymbals
Playing a Wash on Cymbals with a Brush Shaft
Playing a Brush Scrape on a Cymbal
Doing a One Handed Cymbal Roll
Summary: How to play different types of cymbal strokes on a drum kit; get professional tips and advice from an expert drummer on music theory and playing percussion instruments in this free music lesson video.
Joel began his official study of music in middle school, and went on to immerse himself in every music making opportunity. After high school, his focus narrowed to the drum kit and he...read more
"JOEL SIEGEL: All right. There's another aspect to playing the dome and this is where you can get more volume out of the dome. It's already pretty loud but you can pretty much double the volume when you strike the dome instead with the beat of the stick with the side of the stick. So you're kinda getting more surface area that's coming into contact so you're going to draw more sound out of the bell. I'll just show you with an American down stroke. You can tell it's loud. Now playing that crash, you can see that I was using perhaps two different strokes. I was kinda playing through and kinda coming off to the side. I was also playing and coming back. If you play your down stroke, you can imagine that the cymbal would give a little bit and then it'll just come back and hit your stick and you just get errant sounds. You don't want that. But here's your down stroke versus your full stroke."
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