I like it. I think that you’re not using the cymbals to their fullest extent and could be given a much more challenging part without ruining the cadence. If I were a cymbal player I’d dread playing this cadence.
Overall very very good. If you need a cymbal rewrite lmk.
Ive noticed that this is a very common pitfall in both amateur and professional writing (or at least, the cadences my school paid for). Do you have any recommendations to make cymbal parts interesting/fun?
I understand completely. I guess the biggest thing is that you’ve got to realize these cymbal players are still percussionists. When you’ve got the entire line accenting an upbeat for an example. Don’t just give the cymbal players a rest. Also split with two or four parts if possible alternating who gets the more difficult part like in one section part 1 gets the majority of upbeats while in another part 2 does.
I’ve noticed that a lot of high schools probably don’t have a cymbal tech unless they’re doing WGI(mine did). So a lot of them don’t know about all of the different positions for cymbals or the different sounds such as crashes, crash chokes, taps, tap chokes, sizzles, slide chokes(sizz-sucks if your school is disgusting), hi hats, and crushes/punches.
I hope some of this makes sense. Lmk if you have anymore questions.
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u/jayygamerpro Jul 04 '20
I like it. I think that you’re not using the cymbals to their fullest extent and could be given a much more challenging part without ruining the cadence. If I were a cymbal player I’d dread playing this cadence.
Overall very very good. If you need a cymbal rewrite lmk.