Kelli Rae Tubbs Back In Time Video Series - Hoop Mounted Cymbals

A series on the cymbal's incorporation in modern drum sets with host, Kelli Rae Tubbs. The history-rich videos discuss the transition of cymbals to their current-day use on the modern drum set, starting with the orchestral and ceremonial use of cymbals and the inventions and innovations that helped in the transition in the early 1800s, starting with counterhoop mounted brackets and, nearly a century later, hand-held wire cymbal beaters. In the early 1800s, Italian composers, Gaspare Spontini and Gioacchino Rossini, encouraged the use of cymbal mounting brackets in their compositions. French composer, Hector Berlioz, on the other hand, felt this practice was counter-productive and that it did not honor the quality of the music, saying it was only suitable for the accompaniment of "low brow" entertainment like sword swallowers and jugglers in his 1844 treatise on orchestration. The use of bass-drum mounted cymbals ended in the orchestra setting, but lived in marching bands throughout America and Europe and perhaps in other places, too. A modification to the mounting bracket which allowed the cymbal to change from its inverted position atop the bass drum to a position parallel the playing surface of the bass drum made performing on this combination easier. That improvement was aided by an innovation sold in the 1913 J. W. Pepper catalog called the "Eureka Cymbal Beater" with the main selling point that it would not "tire the arm." No wonder...stamped brass cymbals were heavy! During an evolution in popular American music at a time before the invention of the bass drum pedal, snare drum stand, or the clanger, a style of performing called "double drumming" emerged. In double drumming, the snare drum rests on a chair and the bass drum is performed with regular drum sticks striking the bass drum head and a counterhoop mounted cymbal, often simultaneously. In this way, one performer could effectively take on the role of bass drummer, crash cymbal player, and snare drummer, reducing the need for space, reducing the payroll, and making travel easier.