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Summary: Opening the high hat when playing a drum beat creates a larger sound and more intense feel. Begin playing basic but important high hat drum beats with tips from an experienced drummer in this free video on high hat accents.
"Now we are going to go back to our sixteenth note alternating hand patterns except we're going to open on the last note of the fourth sixteenth note so the high hat pattern will be like this. Put together with the snared bass. So there it is. What you want to be careful about this one is number one not to open the high hat too quickly. You don't want to do and also on the closes you want to make sure to come down. We don't want...or...just like that is the way you want to do it."
eHow Article: Open High Hat Drum Beat Tips