Talk:Suspended cymbal

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I removed the bolding on It is essential to check this before committing to a particular technique and I took out the following two sentences: Unfortunately, up until they do start to break, they give a superb sound! This has been the subject of some controversy and will continue to be so because I felt these degraded from the encyclopedic nature of the article. Bagpiping Scotsman 04:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Work needed

Article currently includes several inaccuracies. Just for example...

played with a stick or beater.... No. Or at least not necessarily.

Some suspended cymbals are and are intended to also be played by hand, such as my awesome Paiste Traditionals 11" thin splash (scroll down to it). Andrewa (talk) 21:44, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very rarely are suspended cymbals are played with hands, but they can be (see something like a cajón cymbal). However, many percussion texts define a suspended cymbal similar to what is currently written. Maybe we can consider a hand just another sort of beater in this context. Why? I Ask (talk) 22:05, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's only one reference in the whole article, and it's for a rather obscure claim in the History section.

You say many percussion texts define a suspended cymbal similar to what is currently written... we should add at least one of these references, for a start.

I had not heard of these cajon cymbals... I'm trying to find a way to buy them in Australia! (But they are very pricey.) So many thanks for that link. I have previously tried my Paiste Trad splash and it is not a good match. Andrewa (talk) 06:18, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See User:Andrewa/percussion sources for some progress on this... still waiting for your sources. Please quote what they actually say. Andrewa (talk) 00:36, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]