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Summary: A pro drummer shares his insights. Learn tips for mounting the ride cymbal in this free video of drumming tips on how to set up a drum kit.

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David Pakman David Pakman is a longtime drummer trained in rock, funk, jazz, blues and music theory, and is also a casual piano/keyboard player. He has played with two alt... read more

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How to Mount Ride Cymbal on Drum Set

Next we're going to talk about mounting the right cymbal. And as I mentioned, I play open handed, which means I play the hi-hat with my left hand and I want my right cymbal over the left. Now I've tried at different times having my right cymbal here. And because of where I had to have it to not cover up this tom, it really wasn't convenient. It was too high. So I've decided to move my right cymbal over here to the left of my hi-hat. Now the angle on the right cymbal is really important when we talk about playing like a fast jazz right pattern. So I'm just going to go ahead and put this cymbal on and tighten it up. Now I don't want it too tight. This is a heavy enough right cymbal, that it's going to be pretty steady on it's own. I don't really need to over tighten it. So I'll just kind of leave it that way. And the angle that you choose to have here is really gong to be dependent on you. Right now I have it at kind of a steeper angle, it's covering up a little of my hi-hat. As you can see, I'm not having any problems with resonance or acoustic resonance. I may want to hook, go ahead and move this a little bit. But I definitely don't want to be doing is reaching for it. And if I'm just playing a fast jazz right pattern, this is kind of a comfortable position right here. I can get the middle, I can get the bell, and I can still hit the crash side of it. So this is going to work great for me. I'm using just very basic felt mounts with a washer, and a nut on the end. And the cymbal, as you can see, it's not too tight, it's just kind of hanging there. And this is really ideal for any kind of cymbal. Especially a right cymbal.

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