The sound of rimshots can be described as "part normal snare and part loud, woody accent",[1] or "generally sharper, brighter and more cutting [than a standard accent]",[2] since the technique produces large amounts of overtones.[3]
In marching percussion, there are three types of rimshots. The most common is the "normal" rimshot, which is played with the tip (bead) of the stick held about three inches (about 8 cm) from the rim. This produces a prominent, accented tone. The second is the "ping shot", where the bead is struck about one inch (2.5 cm) from the rim. This produces a high-pitched sound. The third is a "gock" (also spelled gawk), which is produced by hitting the bead of the drum stick at the center of the drum while the rim is percussed with the distal shaft of the stick (near the hand). This makes a lower sound.
In Latin percussion, timbales players use rimshots near the edge of the head, but these sound very different from gocks in marching percussion.
In orchestral percussion, a rimshot is performed by placing one drum stick with the stick head near the middle of the drumhead, and the shaft pressed against the rim, and striking with the other stick. This produces a less powerful sound, and is easier to execute than a typical rimshot. This variation is also known as a "stick shot".
The rimshot is often confused with the cross stick technique, in which the tip of a drum stick is placed on the head near one of the bearing edges and the shaft of the stick is struck against the rim opposite the tip, thus creating a dry, high-pitched "click" similar to a set of claves.[4] As a result, the stroke is frequently used in bossa nova to imitate the sound of claves; it is also used for ballads in rock, pop, and country music.[2]
More general use of the termedit
The musical phrase played on percussion instruments used to punctuate jokes is known in percussion jargon as a sting. This is often called a rimshot, although some versions of it do not include a rimshot in the technical sense.
A drum and cymbal punchline sting
A rimshot when used to accent the punchline of a joke being told by a live comedian may or may not simultaneously be played with a small cymbal crash. This was popularized in standup comedy by comedians performing at the resorts in the Catskill Mountains region. Many of these comics were of Jewish heritage and were known as "Borscht Belt comics", after a vacation spot in the Catskills. Comedian Henny Youngman used a drummer to play rimshots after his fast-paced, one-liner type of jokes; his most famous line was "Take my wife… please!"
Sometimes, the comedian would react to the rimshot as if they did not expect it and in doing so, pass the reaction and responsibility for the rimshot on to the drummer, when in fact, the comedian had previously instructed the drummer when to use and when not to use the rimshot. Despite having previously been scripted into the routine by the comedian, these were designed to appear to be improvised by the drummer, so as to accentuate the joke.[5]
Referencesedit
^Miller, Michael (2003). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums, p.206. Penguin. ISBN9781592571628.
^ abcShepherd, John (ed.) (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: VolumeII: Performance and Production, Volume 11, p.158. ISBN9780826463227.
^"Of Stings and Rimshots", SoundandtheFoley.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012
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rimshot, this, article, about, percussion, technique, joke, punctuation, sound, sting, percussion, other, uses, disambiguation, gock, redirects, here, lgbt, slang, term, lgbt, slang, terms, related, transgender, binary, people, this, article, confusing, unclea. This article is about the percussion technique For the joke punctuation sound see Sting percussion For other uses see Rimshot disambiguation Gock redirects here For the LGBT slang term see LGBT slang Terms related to transgender and non binary people This article may be confusing or unclear to readers Please help clarify the article There might be a discussion about this on the talk page September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message A rimshot is a percussion technique used to produce an accented snare drum backbeat The sound is produced by simultaneously hitting the rim and head of the drum with a drum stick The sound and various techniques editThe sound of rimshots can be described as part normal snare and part loud woody accent 1 or generally sharper brighter and more cutting than a standard accent 2 since the technique produces large amounts of overtones 3 The stroke is used on the snare in rock pop and blues and on the tom toms in Afro Cuban music The technique is also common in bossa nova ska reggae and rocksteady 2 In marching percussion there are three types of rimshots The most common is the normal rimshot which is played with the tip bead of the stick held about three inches about 8 cm from the rim This produces a prominent accented tone The second is the ping shot where the bead is struck about one inch 2 5 cm from the rim This produces a high pitched sound The third is a gock also spelled gawk which is produced by hitting the bead of the drum stick at the center of the drum while the rim is percussed with the distal shaft of the stick near the hand This makes a lower sound In Latin percussion timbales players use rimshots near the edge of the head but these sound very different from gocks in marching percussion In orchestral percussion a rimshot is performed by placing one drum stick with the stick head near the middle of the drumhead and the shaft pressed against the rim and striking with the other stick This produces a less powerful sound and is easier to execute than a typical rimshot This variation is also known as a stick shot The rimshot is often confused with the cross stick technique in which the tip of a drum stick is placed on the head near one of the bearing edges and the shaft of the stick is struck against the rim opposite the tip thus creating a dry high pitched click similar to a set of claves 4 As a result the stroke is frequently used in bossa nova to imitate the sound of claves it is also used for ballads in rock pop and country music 2 More general use of the term editThe musical phrase played on percussion instruments used to punctuate jokes is known in percussion jargon as a sting This is often called a rimshot although some versions of it do not include a rimshot in the technical sense source source source track A drum and cymbal punchline stingA rimshot when used to accent the punchline of a joke being told by a live comedian may or may not simultaneously be played with a small cymbal crash This was popularized in standup comedy by comedians performing at the resorts in the Catskill Mountains region Many of these comics were of Jewish heritage and were known as Borscht Belt comics after a vacation spot in the Catskills Comedian Henny Youngman used a drummer to play rimshots after his fast paced one liner type of jokes his most famous line was Take my wife please Sometimes the comedian would react to the rimshot as if they did not expect it and in doing so pass the reaction and responsibility for the rimshot on to the drummer when in fact the comedian had previously instructed the drummer when to use and when not to use the rimshot Despite having previously been scripted into the routine by the comedian these were designed to appear to be improvised by the drummer so as to accentuate the joke 5 References edit Miller Michael 2003 The Complete Idiot s Guide to Playing Drums p 206 Penguin ISBN 9781592571628 a b c Shepherd John ed 2003 Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World VolumeII Performance and Production Volume 11 p 158 ISBN 9780826463227 Strong Jeff 2011 Drums For Dummies p 39 ISBN 9781118068618 Miller Michael 2004 Playing Drums Alpha Books ISBN 159257162X page needed Of Stings and Rimshots SoundandtheFoley com Retrieved 17 July 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rimshot amp oldid 1184251949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
