Yamaha DTX502 Owner's Manual - Page 16

Striking the Drum Pads, Snare

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Basic Techniques Striking the Drum Pads Snare When using a three-zone snare pad such as the XP80, you can produce three distinct sounds (i.e., head, open rim, and closed rim) depending on where you strike it, much the same as if you were playing an acoustic snare. Closed rim shots (Rim 2) Head shots Open rim shots (Rim 1)  Head shots Striking the main surface of the pad produces a head shot sound.  Closed rim shots (cross sticking) Striking the closed-rim zone produces a closed rim-shot sound.  Open rim shots Striking the open-rim zone produces an open rim-shot sound. 16 DTX502 Owner's Manual

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Basic Techniques
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Striking the Drum Pads
When using a three-zone snare pad such as the XP80, you can produce three distinct sounds (i.e., head, open rim, and closed rim) depend-
ing on where you strike it, much the same as if you were playing an acoustic snare.
Head shots
Striking the main surface of the pad produces a head shot
sound.
Open rim shots
Striking the open-rim zone produces an open rim-shot
sound.
Closed rim shots (cross sticking)
Striking the closed-rim zone produces a closed rim-shot
sound.
Snare
Closed rim shots (Rim 2)
Head shots
Open rim shots (Rim 1)