Talk:Clash cymbals

I admit I've lost some sleep over the name of this article, but I can't find a better one than clash cymbal. Many professional percussionists have never even have heard this term, which is a worry IMO. Others object strongly to its use on the grounds that it encourages people to play these cymbals badly, but I don't think this is true, personally, or relevant in any case.

Agreed. No one in any of my experience uses the term. It doesn't matter what musicologists call them. An encyclopedia like this one is supposed to provide useful information for people, not archaic, disfavored information. Anyone that reads this will go away thinking that they're called clash cymbals, and that's just not what is true in practice. Justin

It seems to me that the term is the correct one, and is used by musicologists and musical dictionaries, even though it is generally shunned by musicians. It even gets a few non-Wikipedia derived hits on Google, such as this one. Andrewa 03:10, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I can't think of a better name myself. This is a lovely article, by the way! Lupin 12:59, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Non verticality?

Many players don't hold them vertical; about 30 degrees from vertical is quite common IME. The action is more of an in-out-diagonal movement than simply up-down in that case. Perhaps this should be included somewhere. Lupin 12:59, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Air lock

What are the conditions required for getting an "air lock", when the cymbals get stuck together by air pressure? I've done this several times myself :-) Lupin 12:59, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Technique

The technique as given is for marching cymbals, whereas orchestal cymbals have a quite different technique, as I've added in. Metalcore424 04:00, 5 December 2005 (UTC)