Cymbals
Synonyms
Examples
Accent cymbals include chime cymbals, small-bell domed cymbals or those with a clear sonorous/oriental chime to them like specialized crash and splash cymbals and many china types too, particularly the smaller and/or thinner ones.
Accent cymbals Cymbals of any type used to provide an accent rather than a regular pattern or groove are known as accent cymbals.
A few contain only three cymbals, using a crash/ride instead of the separate ride and crash.
Although crash cymbals range in thickness from paper-thin to very heavy, all crash cymbals have a fairly thin edge.
Ancient cymbals Ancient cymbals or tuned cymbals are much more rarely called for.
Alternatively, specialised crash/ride and ride/crash cymbals are specifically designed to combine both functions.