How To Choose Cymbals - What to look for when buying cymbals : size, weight, tone, genre & more...

Red Cymbals help you find your sound! In this video, Dylan the owner of Red Cymbals goes through some of the essential things to look for in a cymbal to make an informed choice when buying cymbals.
This video is not an exhaustive commentary on everything to do with choosing cymbals but we cover the basics: Size, weight, tone, intended use, genre, finish and more.

If we have missed something please comment below and we will make another video :)

Want to fast forward? Here are the various sections of the video:
0.39 Size
2.25 Playing Larger Cymbals Differently
2.45 Intended Purpose for Your Cymbals
3.35 Cymbal Weight
4.52 Tone and Finish
5.35 Are you too loud?
6.45 Playing Hard
7.28 Genre of Music
8.25 Shape of a Cymbal / Bell
8.46 Too Much Wash - a solution
9.05 Playing across cymbals
9.41 Hammering style
10.10 Type of Metal : B20 B10 B8
11.28 Types of Cymbals / Stacks
12.06 Thanks for Watching



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[mark.bryant.]

Thanks so much Dylan. I'm loving my Vertical Raw series. I can't wait to grow the collection. Thanks for the info!


I'd love to see a video comparison of the vertical raw series on hats, crashes, and rides :)