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Next we're going to talk about mounting the right cymbal. And as I mentioned, I play open
handed, which means I play the hi-hat with my left hand and I want my right cymbal over
the left. Now I've tried at different times having my right cymbal here. And because of
where I had to have it to not cover up this tom, it really wasn't convenient. It was too
high. So I've decided to move my right cymbal over here to the left of my hi-hat. Now the
angle on the right cymbal is really important when we talk about playing like a fast jazz
right pattern. So I'm just going to go ahead and put this cymbal on and tighten it up.
Now I don't want it too tight. This is a heavy enough right cymbal, that it's going to be
pretty steady on it's own. I don't really need to over tighten it. So I'll just kind
of leave it that way. And the angle that you choose to have here is really gong to be dependent
on you. Right now I have it at kind of a steeper angle, it's covering up a little of my hi-hat.
As you can see, I'm not having any problems with resonance or acoustic resonance. I may
want to hook, go ahead and move this a little bit. But I definitely don't want to be doing
is reaching for it. And if I'm just playing a fast jazz right pattern, this is kind of
a comfortable position right here. I can get the middle, I can get the bell, and I can
still hit the crash side of it. So this is going to work great for me. I'm using just
very basic felt mounts with a washer, and a nut on the end. And the cymbal, as you can
see, it's not too tight, it's just kind of hanging there. And this is really ideal for
any kind of cymbal. Especially a right cymbal.