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Any pair of hihats can instantly sound 10x better if you employ the right techniques. This discussion starts with making sure the stand is adjusted properly, but this has even more to do with how the drummer is striking the cymbals. We can take this a step further and say that the drummer’s MINDSET further determines the quality of sound and music coming from the hihats. Today we talk about how we can take our hihat playing to the “next level,” regardless of what cymbals we have or even what kind of stand we have. With the right approach, we can tremendously improve our hihat musicality. We can take a robotic, boring hihat sound and make it into something extremely expressive, full of feel and depth.

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