Editing Drum kit (section)

====Hi-hats====
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[[File:Hihat123.jpg|thumb|Two hi-hat cymbals mounted in a pedal-operated stand, which allows the drummer to close or open the cymbals.]]

Hi-hat cymbals (nicknamed "hats") consist of two cymbals mounted, one upside down, with their bottoms facing each other, on a hollow metal support cylinder with folding support legs that keep the support cylinder vertical. Like the bass drum, the hi-hat has a foot pedal. The bottom cymbal is fixed in place. The top cymbal is mounted on a thin rod, which is inserted into the hollow cymbal stand. The thin rod is connected to a foot pedal. When the foot pedal is pressed down, it causes the thin rod to move down, causing the upper cymbal to move and strike the lower. When the foot is lifted off the pedal, the upper cymbal rises, due to the pedal's spring-loaded mechanism. The hi-hats can be sounded by striking the cymbals with one or two sticks or just by closing and opening the cymbals with the foot pedal. The ability to create rhythms on the hi-hats with the foot alone expands the drummer's ability to create sounds, as the hands are freed up to play on the drums or other cymbals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drummagazine.com/birth-of-the-modern-hi-hat/|title=Birth of the Modern Hi-Hat|date=2013-05-16|website=DRUM! Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> Different sounds can be created by striking "open hi-hats" (without the pedal depressed, which creates a noisy sound nicknamed "sloppy hats") or a crisp "closed hi-hats" sound (with the pedal pressed down). High hats can also be struck with the pedal partially depressed.

A unique effect can be created by striking an open hi-hat (where the two cymbals are apart) and then closing the cymbals with the foot pedal. This effect is widely used in [[disco]] and [[funk]]. The hi-hat has a similar function to the ride cymbal; the two are rarely played consistently for long periods at the same time, but one or the other is often used to keep what is known as the "ride rhythm" (e.g., eighth or sixteenth notes) in a song. The hi-hats are played by the right stick of a right-handed drummer. Changing between ride and hi-hat, or between either and a "leaner" sound with neither, is often used to mark a change from one song section to another.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vetter |first=Roger |title=hi-hat cymbals |url=https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2398 |website=Grinnell College Musical Instrument Collection |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>