Placement of Ride Cymbal and Crash Cymbal in the Standard Layout

Hey […],

Hope all is well. Good to see you recorded your first drum tracks with finger drumming!

I get your point. I agree that if you would exchange RD with CR you would get into a less stretched hand posture. However, I feel that I am able to better control hit velocities with my index finger when playing the BD with the thumb at the same time. As the CR is most often used as an accent, hit velocity control might not be as important as it is when playing more sophisticated RD patterns. Also, I tend to use the CR quite often, maybe even more often than I play the RD.

Eventually there is nothing that should hold you back from creating your custom pad layout in which you exchange the RD with the CR pad if you feel it better suits your needs and playing style.

What do you think about that?

Best regards,

Andreas

Yes I encountered this problem for that I can’t play the RD as evenly as HH, maybe due to my smaller hands.

Since there’s no other technical limitation, I’ll try both way ( the original layout and my amended layout) and experiment which fits me better.

And thank you for your kind reply, as always.

Sounds good. Just let me know whenever there is something on your mind about finger drumming that you’d like to discuss. I’m always interested in user feedback.