Drum Set Balancing Tips : High Hat Set Up Tips

[KingKael00]

'high' hat ? ... hi-hat.

[MossyDrums27]

The reason people are slamming this vid is because it's become faddish to make fun of expert village drumming videos. However, lot of them are trash but this is an exception. Great job!

[ESTslipknot15drums8D]

u piss me off

[ericmknight1906]

Wow! you guys are unecessarily harsh :(

[RobertoAvilesMusic]

how do you get your hihats loose when you hit them like I see some hihats set up.

[tonyalanhammons]

@RobertoAvilesMusic in case you haven't already gotten an answer, i'll see what i can do. you asked about how to loosen your hi-hat, now, i'm no pro, but they're should be some kind of nut-type-thing around the bell of your top hi hat, simply unscrew it a bit to make some space between the bell and the nut. The bottom hat should already be able to move freely.

[DancesWithNarwhals]

I don't see why all you people are complaining. He's clearly just giving tips to people who are just starting to play drums. Sure, when you go more in depth, you can experiment and play them however you want, but he was just showing the typical way they should be played.

And if you listen and watch when he actually plays, he played the jazz beat on his hi hat pretty good, and he had good form with his hands.

[thenyappymaker]

got my hi-hat like roy mayorga; high up in the air! and i love it

[llamasrage]

You could even play the stand if you want to!

[dukester686]

expertvillage = jack of all trades, master of nothing. They are never experts

[jamy313]

1:51 just get a drop cultch much essayer and you can use double bass pedals/drums

[32Clinton32]

You should have thought about what you were going to say a little before you made this video. You seem to have no clue what you're going to talking about next. A complete waste of our time.

[toxicmonkey9991]

i didnt ask for ur opinion of where the fuck it is, i ask to build it

[Themusicdude10]

hes just talking about teqnique and the basic skill. But resally i play it high on some song like as high as it goes. and sometimes low. It just depends on you

[castlevaniamaniac]

Am I the only drummer that puts his hi-hat closer to his crash and his snare closer to his body so your righthand can't possible be in the way of your left hand while hitting the snare?

[HeetWav13]

@castlevaniamaniac you need to show us what you mean. it would help.

[xluisle]

jajjajajaaj,,,,,this is so stupid,,,, amazing

[THEPANTSWEREDEAD]

This pedo teaches people? Whoever drills holes in an ISTANBUL cymbal deserves to die.

[razr2142]

1:37 lmao 

[xXxBuLLeTxXx1]

every time i search for something useful, expert village has to pop up with a useless video

[fkhodada]

Fantastic, very helpful, spot on!

[Airsoftattack123]

Its not called a clutch...ITS CALLED A DROP CLUTCH BITCH!

[jonesn4drums]

Crap! 3 minutes of my life that I can never get back!

[mathewcolfar123]

you should have the drums how you feel comfortable not evolving around one single thing

[TheXXLProductions]

hi hat with "gh"

u suck

[weirdboy118118]

so basically you know nothing and making shit up

[TonyNewman]

My lower hi-hat cymbal wobbles way too much. Any suggestions?

[ben80s08]

cant say some thing nice dont say it at all your wasteing your own time buy typeing rude comments

[Kickflipkid687]

lmao, play the stand. He's just making shit up.

[gogogadgetflatlander]

no, he's not making shit up.. i do it myself, it makes more of metallic sound... check out "Keep'Em Separated" by The Offspring, The drummer uses this technique at the start, it's quite cool. =)

[NathanLive]

actually there is one drummer in the GC drumoff, i forgot his name, that was playing the stand, just like how you can play on the drum shell too....

[marcycrass]

he is stoned

[ampotant]

The expertvillage videos still are a waste of time. Why I keep watching them?

[third3ye024]

lol

[third3ye024]

:120 lolif ur a rrrright handed drummer lol he sound like he forgot what he was talking about for a second.good vid

[noah98779877]

how do you make a high hat sound like metallicas?

[NathanLive]

get the same one as metallica?

[ph33rbot101]

15" hi hats for the win:)

[eatsleephockey777]

this is kinda common sense..

idk maybe thats just me

[kjetil888]

i gess this is just for noobis..but if ur a noobie, follow ur feeling..dont set up ur set exatcly like he, he got difrent feelings about it i gess......so i dont relly sould whatch this vid, cuz i just get enoyed :/

[yon19min]

He sure talk a lot of shit

[pseudocaveman]

I think this guy is forgetting that hi-hat setup is different for different styles of music. Example: I know I'd like to compensate with an extra closed hi-hat somewhere on my kit for when I'm playing metal. Reason? I don't have time to use a drop-clutch, and I'd like to have my primary hi-hat readily open at any given time. Plus, while the hi-hat is an important part of the kit, building everything around it is kind of a pointless idea.

[sasquatchpatch]

maybe it's pointless for a metal drummer like you, but when your kit is simply four heads, it's important for beginners to get some advice on where good placement of the kits pieces can be.

Plus. This guy isn't even teaching metal drums and metal techniques, this is more aimed at your basic blues/rock set up.

Spare the pointless criticism.

[pseudocaveman]

Disregard my last comment. I have no idea what I was thinking when I wrote it. I get the feeling i was drunk and it was like 3 in the morning, because I don't even recall writing that.

My apologies, sir.

[lucasoshea]

This guy is the best teacher I've ever seen on Expert Village. Usually its crap teachers, at least he knows what he's talking about.

[Whiskeydrummer]

The most important thing with HH setup, is to have access to the top and bell of the HH. Accents on the HH should be played with the fat part or shoulder of the stick on middle of the hat. It's hard to do when you hat is 5 feet high. Also, foot position is crucial! Too far away and your cross stick playing style will KILL you. I use 13" hats, my HH stand setup is everything.

[Whiskeydrummer]

The hi hat is one of the most versatile parts of a drum kit.. If your don't understand what this guy is doing, then you have a lot to learn. I would of like to of seen some left foot work, maybe some syncopated splashes while playing the ride.

[padraicohare]

Maybe you should put a little something together for youtube like that....

[BradKlodowski]

I never knew it was possible to make such a big deal about setting up a hi-hat

[LewisTheDrummer1992]

this is so pointless honestly, put the hi-hat whereever u want guys , wherever is most comfortable for you , dont listen to this dork !

[milkminotaur]

@LewisTheDrummer1992

Getting the very basics correct can save years of agony, believe me. Getting rid of bad habits takes an aeon. So ignore Lewis, he's a bit of a tit.

[JGxScubaSteve4200]

@LewisTheDrummer1992 I was actually trying to find out how to make my hi hat sound better. When it is closed it sounds to flat with no resonation at all and when I have it slightly open it sounds to splashy. I was wondering if you had any advice or if it's just my hi hat.

[360xFliip]

U SUCK!!!!!