How to hi hat Videos

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+Bunny Cakes "nice, sound like you are getting hang of it" me - I CAN'T EVEN DO IT PROPERLY!!!!!

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Lmao!

i'm half Romanian

+Midas van Schaik yep :P

+PhotoDesignerAJ Romanian?

Same

Motivation...

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rofl once you know how to its not that hard.. just keep a 16th note pattern and vary where your hand is to play the notes. Every time I play I notice its just the same with the fingers/wrist. It's the arms that decide the whole pattern. Hope this could help him, If not, let him email me at geheim_4{at}hotmail{dot}com (the {at} and {dot} is to keep spammers away from me email)

Hey anyone thinking about learning to play drums, watch all these videos. I am a more experienced drummers and these videos even help me to remind me things I used to do but don't anymore. It's always good if you start to struggle or if you feel like you hit a wall in learning to return to your foundation.

Hey, I honestly don't play the drums anymore, but yes, I've figured out how. You just have to let the drum stick be kind of... loose, like, don't hold it to hard, play with your fingers, and not your hand. Let it bounce in your hands. Hope that helps, don't mind asking more questions.

@TheMigster87 Rage fail. This guy doesn't keep the flow of a lesson going, he gets to a point then realises he's forgotten to mention something, goes back to that, then doesn't finish what he started earlier. You don't need to be a drummer to know he's a bad teacher.

just a doubt: when you play odd notes on the Hi hat (like bill stewart does)... how do you move the feet? example play time on the right hand, and read the syncopation on the hh with foot... in that situation, how do you keep time ? THX! JAGA

I got a problem... When I play fast on the hi hat like on american idiot when the hi hat goes that fast through the hole song, I get really tired and I have to stop... And I feel like i'm using the wrong techniq ... can somebody help me?

its just a simple RLRLRLRLRL rhythm and depending on the notes the speed can vary.. most fast rock songs like Run To The Hills by Iron maiden or Everlong by Foo Fighters play the hi hat with sixteenth notes

I'm having the exact problem as well! I've been struggling with this for too long and i guess you've figured it out since it's already a year you asked the question. Can you teach me? please? :D

Cool video. Have posted you a short mpeg on tips for hihat set up, which may compliment yours, and help your watchers. Hope it's of some use. All the best, Ian

I just bought a high hat to layer over sequenced snares and drums. I wanted a more realistic high hat pattern. This is good info. Thanks

I bought these 14 inch Hi-Hats and when I play them closed they sound like you're hitting on a plastic bowl. How do I fix this?

Never seen the splash technique with the hi-hat. I will give that a shot. Great lesson.....thanks!

The drummers on expert village, either: 1. Look like a pedophile 2. Can't play 3. Combo of the above.

hes a loser he gotz to get laid instead of making vids of him showing off his shitty skills

"Slap the pedal and get off of it." I bet Frank and his gay friends do that all the time.

that heel splash came from randy van patten randy is awosme and very funny look him up

try adjusting the little screw thing that adjusts the position of the bottom high hat.

Good Begginner . But i sont think you know what you are doing Lol......

@jarischung Oh im sure you are quite proficient at the drums... fag

never knew you could do the 'splash' with the foot! Thats super :)

wow this was grate help 4 me cuz i only just got my drums 2day!!!!

I have the same problem mine sounds like a tin can

You embarrass Canadians, such as myself.

he was out of time ...all the time..lool

+Victor Chayks K thanks ill try that 

+Tindle Banana open simultaneously with hit on hi-hat, slightly before the hit, so you can hi the open cymbal and closed it immediately

Thanx Sam

+billybeeks  Yamaha dtx 950k

+fidoflint wow. There are huge differences in the sound of different types of wood. I play several. Size, diameter, maple or hickory. Of course feel, as well as grip is huge, and with the right feel, you can pull different sounds out of your stick. There are many people who just can't get the sound that a drummer like a Jeff Hamilton, Elvin Jones or Brian Blade does. To deny stick sound variation means you either have bad ears or just haven't listened to the right drummer

+Ron Hotchkiss It's not a "FAIL" just because it lacks the nuances that are only available with metal hats. All of those nuances you mention (woody stick, angle, foot tension) are imperceptible to anyone but the player, especially when used in the context of a song. They're based on feel--not sound. The wood of the stick is not "half the instrument as far as sound"; for instance, I defy you or any other listener to identify what type of wood, what angle or how much foot tension David Garibaldi is using on "What Is Hip". The bark is a sound--one that is effectively demonstrated in this clip.

+coopsycooper because it doesn't "bark" electronic hi hats don't even come close to replicating the real deal. Hi hats are an instrument all to themselves. A good player with decent bronze can gets a half dozen or more completely different "dog barks" or sounds out their instrument. This is just a generic opening and closing of the hi hat with a weak splash when barking. There is no woody stick sound variation. The wood of the stick is half the instrument as far as sound, along with the angle in which the cymbal is struck. The grip is equally important to getting a good varied barking sound as well as foot tension on the pedal. None of that matters on an electronic kit. It takes the fun out of it. For a demo on the many different sounds including all of the above watch Steve smith "mr hi hat" on u tube. I'm not referring to his chops but the sound he gets because of the way they are played. Kids should skip the double bass drum pedal and learn to play the hi hat first.

+Ron Hotchkiss whys that a fail ?

+The PepsterWhere did I say or indicate that a) I respect him? b) that I respect ppl that share my faith and not others? c) that I'm even trying to discuss "trustability"?Why is this so important to you that you took time out to attack me?

+Andres Araujo obviously, to me it does.  Why does it matter to you what I find important?

You're just another religious person who will only respect people who share the same faith. As if there's a correlation between Christianity and trustability.

+Steve Bartlett Does it really matter if he is christian or not?

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But you dont need to trigger your whole drum set of course :) i think the base drum should be ok and  its the only way i can think about you can make it easyer for you to play her.. becouse every time you hit the base drum the noise level will be always the same.

Hmmm ... The only thing that comes me in mind is that there are trigger systems for kickdrums witch are recieaving vibrations of the drum Head and making them louder through an PA box or smth like that you could adjust the sensor so that he would recieve your weaker kicks and turn them loud and you could also adjust you foot pedal so that you could use it more directly and with less pressure.