For increased playability, place your drum throne in a spot where you can reach all components of your drum set. This will allow you to play with the least effort and help you prevent injury. When sitting at your drum set, the positioning of your hi-hat should be just to the left of your snare. You attach hi-hat cymbals to the rod of your stand using a clutch that secures the top cymbal to the rod.
This allows you to open and close the hi-hats. Make sure that the pedal for your hi-hat is in a position where your foot can comfortably reach it.
Setting your hi-hats to the same height as your snare, or lower, might make it harder to hit. Typically, most drummers use one or two crash cymbals and one ride cymbal. Your ride cymbal should be set up to your right, usually just over the floor tom. Make sure both crash cymbals sit a few inches above the mounted toms, but not too high. Maintaining proper drum set posture is important because it will help you play more efficiently, improve your sound and decrease your risk of injury.
No matter what type of grip you use to hold your drumsticks, your grip should be relaxed and your thumbs should be facing upward. This will give your sticks a proper bounce when they strike the drum heads and result in a better sound. In traditional grip, your right hand holds the stick in an overhand fashion. Your left hand holds the stick in an underhand fashion with the stick resting between the middle and ring fingers. Marching bands and jazz drummers often hold their drumsticks this way.
For matched grip, hold both of your drumsticks overhand between your thumb and index finger. There are three variations of the matched grip: American, French and German. No matter which grip you use, maintaining great posture and properly setting up your kit can help you play better, sound better and avoid injury. Share Facebook Twitter. Identify the 3 main parts of your drum kit Most beginner drum sets three main components: drums, hardware and cymbals. Most drum sets typically include the bass or kick drum, the snare drum and toms.
Common drum hardware includes the bass drum pedal, the throne, and the hi-hat and cymbal stands. Different types of cymbals include the crash, the ride and the hi-hats. Adjust your bass drum pedal When setting up your drum set for the first time, pay special attention to the bass pedal.
Place your snare drum As you arrange your drum kit , you will need to adjust the height of your snare drum. Results 1 to 7 of 7. Thread: Rockabilly Setup? Join Date Dec Posts 4.
Rockabilly Setup? Hello, I am new to this site. Hopefully I'm posting in the right forum. I am trying to piece together a drum set for classic Rockabilly; that is, the sound you hear in the Old Sun Records' hits.
I've tried to search around Google, but kind of turned up empty-handed. You can hear all these songs on youtube. From what I've found, a snare drum, bass drum, hi-hat and ride cymbal will get me there. Is there a crash in that "sound"? Also, what type of drums brand, material, etc. Let me express that this will be a first kit for me. I guess a bit of background is in need - I have played guitar for almost 40 years now professionally about 20 years , playing all styles of music. Because of this, I have always been around drummers of all styles with many kit configurations.
Though I don't consider myself a drummer per se, I have played percussion all through junior high and high school both symphony and marching bands , and even dabbled a bit with the jazz band in high school. Of course I would always play the drummer's kits in all the performing bands I have been in since, so I do know my way around a kit. So, this brings up today's times. I am wanting to change interests a bit and get more into drumming. The style of drumming that fascinates me the most is rockabilly and bop jazz, more so on the rockabilly side.
I would appreciate to hear opinions and experiences of you all in regards to what would be the better drum sizes, cymbal sizes, head choices, etc. Heck, maybe even though some brand names out there as well. I'm guessing here but rockabilly drummers back in the day likely used a 14 x 5" snare, 20 x 14 kick and a 12 rack and 14 floor tom.
That said, the rockabilly style is completely within the drummer, not the drums. My personal opinion only, the drum sizes aren't important to the style.
I would get drums that you feel comfy with, no matter the sizes. Look at Tony Williams with his yellow kit, playing jazz on a "rock" set. The drum sizes really don't matter in my mind, but there will be others that would recommend using whatever they used back then. Nothing wrong there, just not necessary IMO. It's been said before, it's the Indian, not the arrow. PorkPieGuy Platinum Member. I love a 3-piece rockabilly kit.
Click to expand PorkPieGuy said:. KamaK Platinum Member. Is there a measurement standard that all manufacturers use when calling out there kick drum sizes? Is it depth first then diameter? Diameter first, then depth?
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