Editing Cymbal (section)

=== Suspended cymbal ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)]] -->
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Another use of cymbals is the [[suspended cymbal]]. This instrument takes its name from the traditional method of suspending the cymbal by means of a leather strap or rope, thus allowing the cymbal to vibrate as freely as possible for maximum musical effect. Early jazz drumming pioneers borrowed this style of cymbal mounting during the early 1900s and later drummers further developed this instrument into the mounted horizontal or nearly horizontally mounted "crash" cymbals of a modern [[drum kit]] instead of a leather strap suspension system. Many modern drum kits use a mount with felt or otherwise dampening fabric to act as a barrier to hold the cymbals between metal clamps: thus forming the modern-day ride cymbal. Suspended cymbals can be played with yarn-, sponge-, or cord wrapped [[Drum stick#Mallets|mallets]]. The first known instance of using a sponge-headed mallet on a cymbal is the final chord of Hector Berlioz' [[Symphonie Fantastique]]. Composers sometimes specifically request other types of mallets like felt mallets or [[timpani]] mallets for different attack and sustain qualities. Suspended cymbals can produce bright and slicing tones when forcefully struck, and give an eerie transparent "windy" sound when played quietly. A tremolo, or roll (played with two mallets alternately striking on opposing sides of the cymbal) can build in volume from almost inaudible to an overwhelming climax in a satisfyingly smooth manner (as in Humperdinck's Mother Goose Suite).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blades |first1=James |title=Percussion instruments and their history |date=1992 |publisher=Bold Strummer |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=978-0933224612 |page=[https://archive.org/details/percussioninstru00jame/page/380 380<!-- |pages=513 |edition=Rev.-->] |url=https://archive.org/details/percussioninstru00jame/page/380}}</ref> The edge of a suspended cymbal may be hit with the shoulder of a [[drum stick]] to obtain a sound somewhat akin to that of clash cymbals. Other methods of playing include scraping a coin or [[triangle (musical instrument)|triangle]] beater rapidly across the ridges on the top of the cymbal, giving a "zing" sound (as some percussionists do in the fourth movement of Dvořák's [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]]). Other effects that can be used include drawing a bass bow across the edge of the cymbal for a sound like squealing car brakes.