Ride Cymbal 101 | Height and Angle Advice | OrlandoDrummer

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[AdamTuminaro]

Thanks for watching? Who's experimented with a high ride cymbal? What did you think of it?

[thedibbfactor]

I really dig the “science” aspect you bring. Really makes me look at my kit in a new perspective to figure out what works for me ergonomically.

[rheminthnsimeon]

I was planning to rearrange my drums....this is a great help for me....tysm💙💙

[felipebispo]

wow what wonderful content, it would be possible to have more classes like this ... covering other parts of the kit ???

[WhirlwindDrums]

I usually play with my ride very low. However, since I started to play open handed about two months ago and decided to set up my left side ride higher and angled about 40 degrees towards me.
So far it I’ve been noticing that it’s actually more comfortable for me to swing better as I’m able to get better rebound and push pull.

[celebrate__]

this is perfect because i was just starting to experiment with my ride's height and angle bc it didn't have enough versatility for my playing!!

[eiiithan]

This is true and right explanation. We can't play big Crash Cymbals in flat position with high position. The right positioning to play the big cymbals like 16" and 18" crash cymbals are in right angles like that. 🙂👍 Hitting the edges of the big cymbals are have different sounds but the way of hitting the cymbals are on right angles of it hitting the face of cymbals. 😄👍

[andysimmons]

Your drum setup has inspired a lot of changes to mine!

[TylerANDBABE]

your video and sound quality are impeccable. truly. lol just purchased my first usb mic to start doing drum covers and seeing your videos is like....my god....so good dude.

[lordhammerwind]

I have been playing my ride up high, with a small tilt since day 1. I play open handed, so the ride is sandwiched between the hats and the center crash. It looks odd, but it feels so RIGHT.

[joshnite]

Was playing with this just this morning, bro. What timing! Many thanks!

[gaberomero]

This video helped SOOO much. Thank you so much!!!

[freecitizen]

I have seen some Jazz players with the rides almost at a straight vertical angle, like as if they’re looking in a mirror.
I do like the angle that it puts your wrist at but it creates other problems.
Besides your point about not being able to crash on the edge easily, I like the ride to form a triangle with my rack tom and floor tom.
That way I can easily incorporate the ride into snare and tom fills.
I position it so that I can crash on the edge, and so it doesn’t block access to either tom.
I have a second ride that is at the same height and angle but between my two floor toms.
I appreciate you making this video so thanks!
(Edit: 2 more points: position the ride so that it records well, and position it so that it doesn’t obscure the drummer especially if he or she is being filmed (we need new words instead of “filmed” and “videotaped”).

[ILikeWafflz]

Nobody's talking about Danny Carey's ride? He has that thing way up there at a steep angle; it looks very comfortable, and it gets it waay out of the way of his toms and effect pads. I have mine a bit low and flat, but I have a second one off to my left that's high and angled, and I really like how it feels.

[BrandonBarnwell]

The ergonomics of the "belt buckle" alignment makes a lot of sense to me, in fact id say its more in alignment with your genitals. Suddenly we all have years of practice doing blast beats, even before owning a drum kit

[noahbirdrevolution]

I am all flat, but just for something fresh I am going to raise and tilt a lil bit. Just a little.

[kamalhazim]

So this is the science behind #highcymbalgang

[LaceChaser]

I play prog and hip hop. My Snare, ride, & both floor toms are all low same height. 20” kick so my rack toms low & cymbals as well as hats. Edit: I never crash my ride. It’s a massive Paiste 3000 from the 70’s so I don’t wanna crack it just to hear a gong sound. Lol

[DurbsBT]

Is there not more of a risk of key-holing your cymbal by having more an angle on the ride?

[MoreSoNowThanEver]

This is gonna sounds dumb but thank you for confirming my ride placement.

I’ve been playing bass since ‘07 and I’ve been air drumming Iron Maiden for just as long. I’m restoring an old Tama Rockstar kit now which is gonna be my first drum kit and I have placed the ride damn near exactly how Nicko McBrain has his. Not quite as vertical as his but it’s up there with an extreme tilt. Was scared about inviting other drummers over for jam sessions encase this’ll be a problem but so far everyone seems cool with it. What I do to crash it is extend just a little bit and hit the outter edge with a glancing blow very similarly to how you swing a fly swatter. Kinda hard to describe. I hit the ride at 10 O”clock with the shaft and glance down, by 9 O’clock I’ve broken contact with the cymbal and it’s crashing.

Just a cool thing I found out and I’m curious if anyone does anything similar.