A cymbal can crack if you don't play it correctly. By choosing the 'right' cymbal weight, size, and positioning, you immediately reduce the possibility of cracking. Here are 6 tips to remember and follow:
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Keeping your cymbals clean doesn't have to be a chore. Proper handling of your cymbals and occasional cleaning will keep them clean. For the best and safest cleaning, 'The SABIAN Cymbal Cleaner' (a new, one-for-all formula introduced in…
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Unlike most other instrumentalists, percussion students typically do not, and could not, own many of the instruments they play. Instead, the school or ensemble traditionally purchases many of the percussion instruments and students are…
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Ben Miller is Professor of Music at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, where he serves as Coordinator of Percussion Studies, Conductor of the Symphonic-Community Band and is a member of the M.U. Jazz Faculty.
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First of all, they are in the back of the room, the easiest place to hide. Second, there aren't enough parts to go around so many of them have to sit out for an entire tune. While rehearsal is happening on a tune they are not playing on,…
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I have been studying the characteristics of effective leaders as far back as I can remember. When I became the drum major of my high school marching band, I also became interested in how the great classical "dictator-directors" such as…
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