Yes a regular cymbal stand can be used for any acoustic or electronic cymbal. More tips at
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The essential components of a basic drum setup include a bass drum, a snare drum, tom-toms, cymbals (such as hi-hats, crash cymbal, and ride cymbal), a drum throne (seat), and hardware like stands and pedals.
A typical drum set consists of a bass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, hi-hat cymbals, crash cymbal, and ride cymbal. The bass drum is usually placed on the floor, the snare drum between the legs, and the tom-toms above the bass drum. The hi-hat cymbals are operated by foot pedals, while the crash and ride cymbals are placed on stands to the right of the drummer.
There are many locations that sell cymbal stands. Most music stores, such as Guitar Center, will sell cymbal stands. They can also be purchased online through Amazon.
The phrase "without hardware" means that the set includes drums, but no stands for things such as cymbals.
Cleaning all depends on how dirty the kit is, normally a soft cloth and standard furniture polish will be good enough for the shells and hardware (stands etc), heads normally a damp cloth will clean dust, finger marks etc, cymbals can be washed in warm soapy water using your hand to run round the tonal grooves and rinsed then buffed with a soft cloth, for ingrained marks to cymbals use a cymbal cleaning product but always check the instructions as some cymbal cleaners can remove the logo off the surface.
Cleaning all depends on how dirty the kit is, normally a soft cloth and standard furniture polish will be good enough for the shells and hardware (stands etc), heads normally a damp cloth will clean dust, finger marks etc, cymbals can be washed in warm soapy water using your hand to run round the tonal grooves and rinsed then buffed with a soft cloth, for ingrained marks to cymbals use a cymbal cleaning product but always check the instructions as some cymbal cleaners can remove the logo off the surface.
Depending on what the player would require, a drum kit can cost as little as $500 and soar into multiple thousands. A professional drummer may only use a kit consisting of a bass, snare, one rack tom, one floor tom, a hi-hat and one crash cymbal while a different drummer may add more tom-toms and other cymbals, i.e. ride, sizzle, splash. The price will vary with the type of wood or composite material used as well as the lug hardware used. The type of bass drum pedal, cymbal and high-hat stands will greatly affect the total cost. D.W, Gretch, Yamaha, Pearl, Slingerland, Ludwig, Tama and Sonor have been some of the more successful manufactures for drums and hardware. Paiste, Sabian and Zildjian are three of the more popular cymbal manufactures.
A cymbal stand goes straight up and down and a boom stand has an extra joint on the stand that allows you to extend your cymbal out over your toms and other parts of the kit as well. (I personally think that someone should've come up with a better name for the straight stand than "cymbal stand" seeing that they are both cymbal stands regaurdless of shape. lol)
Drums are controlled in Guitar Hero by hitting the drum pads and cymbals with the provided drumsticks. You can use other sticks as well, if you want, all you have to do is hit the pads with them. Don't hit them too hard, or you will break the sticks. You should also try to hit the center of the pads, and not the edges, the drum pad sensors are built to receive the center first, then the edges. Also, don't forget to plug in the cymbals to the little micro-mini jacks on the cymbal stands.
Five really, for the basic kit. Bass, snare, hi-hat (orig. called the Charleston Pedal, apparently), ride cymbal, tom-tom. That 5 will cover a lot of arrangements especially if you are inventive and proficient with the snare-drum and cymbal; but you can add extra tom-toms, cymbals of various sizes, a second bass-drum, wood-blocks, cow-bells and so on. You can also use different "sticks" - the basic sticks with wood or plastic tips, brushes (used a lot in jazz and dance-band styles), and for special effects tympani beaters and slap-sticks.
Premier Custom with Paiste cymbals and Paiste gong. DW Hardware (pedals, stands) Toms x11 Cymbals x11 Gong x1 Bass x1 Snare x1
Cymbal stands can be found anywhere musical accessories are purchased on the web. Great locations for this include Amazon, Pacific Drums, and Online Drummer, which is geared more towards experienced players.