A snare question
 

Is the snare supossed to go on the right, or the left side?

The center usually. Right between your legs, which in the case of most right-handed drummers would be slightly to the left

Oh, darn. I've got mine smack on the full right. And then I see countless drummers with their snares on the left. I think the snare in the middle is logicless. I guess.
Now what am I going to do?

Well you need one foot to be on the hi-hat pedal and one foot on the kick drum pedal so you would really need to have it in the middle.

I do just fine without it in the middle. So, maybe it doesn't need to be in the middle.

It would seem you have a very unorthodox way of playing.

Well, my hi-hat sounds like dirt so I don't use the pedal, I just tap it with a drumstick.
(I'm too lazy to find the dictionary to look up 'unorthodox'.)

Well, are you left handed or right handed?

soundgardener, your original post that you deleted was right on the money, why did you delete it?

Soundgardener deletes75% of his posts. Definitely something Iv'e noticed since being a mod, but yeah, it was right on the money, as you said.

So as a mod, you can read all the deleted posts? You must feel like God, man...

Yes, and all the private messages too.











Just kidding

its one of the VERY few perks.

Really? Hmm... I'm happy I didn't write too much perverted stuff...

Its never too late to start.

Yeah, maybe I shud...:) (Right time of the day I guess)

The main reason for why I deleted that last post, was because I was just about to leave to go somewhere, so I wasn't thinking very clearly. I will try to be more careful about stuff that I delete next time. Thanks.


Anyways, Ensemble this is the basic setup for a drum kit.


http://kengo.preston-net.com/archives/drum.jpg

The hi-hat usually somewhere to the left of the snare, with your left foot on the pedal. The bass drum under the tom or toms, with your right foot on the bass pedal. It tends to vary sometimes, I've heard stories of some proffesional drummers that place their hi-hat directly in front of the snare drum, so just find what suits you best.

Some left-handed players set up their drums right-handed but play the ride cymbal with their left hand, they feel they have more control that way. There's also a left-handed technique called "open-handed", where you play the ride cymbal with the right hand and the hi-hat with the left hand.

However you start, you can always change your style around so it's really no big deal.

I'm right handed.

Thanks for everything, people. :)