It is most often a heavy, standard cymbal, but some drummers use a swish cymbal, sizzle cymbal or other exotic as the main or only ride, particularly for jazz.

In the 1960s Ringo Starr used a sizzle cymbal as a second ride particularly for use during guitar solos.

A sizzle cymbal thinner and larger than the main ride was once common as a second ride or crash / ride even in a four-piece kit but is now less so.

Some drummers use a china cymbal, a sizzle cymbal or a specialized tone such as a swish or pang cymbal as a ride cymbal.

A sizzle cymbal is a cymbal to which rivets, chains or other rattles have been added to modify the sound, attached either by means of holes bored in the cymbal or by means of an attachment known as a sizzler.

The most common form of sizzle cymbal used in a drum kit is a large ride cymbal with a number of rivets loosely fitted but captive in holes spaced evenly around the cymbal close to the rim.

This might be called the traditional pattern sizzle cymbal.

If the rivets are removed from a sizzle cymbal its previous tone will be restored, despite the small holes left in the cymbal.

In order to produce a sizzle sound without the need to bore holes in the cymbal, sizzlers may be used.

When a sizzle cymbal is required in an orchestra, most often a chain sizzler is used.

The effect is similar to a loosely closed hi-hat, or can alternatively be seen as an extreme case of a sizzle cymbal with the upper cymbal serving as a single large jangle.

The swish has a higher tone than the pang and is washier with a less pronounced ping, and this difference is accentuated as the swish is generally sold with rivets as a sizzle cymbal, while the pang is sold without rivets.

Small sizzle cymbals, and splash cymbals with sizzler attachments, give an even shorter, washier tone than a traditional splash.

His moto was " Sell the sizzle not the steak " and he would not allow actual intercourse to be shown in his films.

Yet, their sizzle and iciness are considered by some musicians to be unique, even by today's standards.

Some of the expressions for falling in love used by Winchell were: " pashing it ", " sizzle for ", " that way, go for each other ", " garbo-ing it ", " uh-huh "; and in the same category, " new Garbo, trouser-crease-eraser ", and " pash ".

In other genres such as jazz ( which may use less hammered cymbals for a lighter and less distorted effect ) the drummer may play with the tip for more of a " sizzle " sound.

Almost immediately they began to sizzle.

Danny Thompson plays the legendary Victoria, Graham Fox gives plenty of swing on the drums and sizzle cymbals and Louis Vause tinkles the ivories.

Jim eventually dissolves in a sizzle of plasma-like energy.

It burst harmlessly, its effects dissipated, showering him with sparks and globs of flame that struck his hands and astonished face and then vanished in a sizzle, as if they were falling into standing water.

The desired sound is a " sizzle then choke " effect.

The love story between Mahowny and Belinda and the inclusion of other finely drawn characters such as hapless casino employee Bernie ( Chris Collins ) put the emphasis squarely on the gambling addiction, not on the flash and sizzle of big casinos or multi-million-dollar frauds.

Students are also treated to a free sausage sizzle and a certificate of participation.

Babb advocated the use of the hard-selling technique he had perfected as a presenter: " selling the sizzle instead of the steak ", according to an interview.

Many early rock music drummers, such as Ringo Starr, used a secondary ride cymbal with rivets, normally a ride cymbal thinner than the main ride and ideally one size larger.

They are generally struck with a wooden mallet on one skin and with a thinner stick on the rim or cymbal.

Beginners cymbal packs normally contain four cymbals: one ride, one crash, and a pair of hi-hats.

The hi-hat has a similar function to the ride cymbal ; The two are rarely played at once, but one or the other keeps the fine rhythm much of the time, played by the right stick of a right-handed drummer.

Most extended kits include one or more splash cymbals and at least one china cymbal.

Major cymbal makers produce cymbal extension packs consisting of one splash and one china, or more rarely a second crash, a splash and a china, to match some of their starter packs of ride, crash and hi-hats.

A circular drum pad will normally contain only one sensor, but a cymbal-shaped pad often contains two, one for the body and one for the rim of the cymbal, and a triangular pad may contain four, one for the body, played by the stick tips, and one for the rim of each side, played by the stick shafts.

A four-piece kit extends the three-piece by one tom, either a second hanging tom mounted on the bass drum and often displacing the cymbal, or a floor tom.

A basic five-piece fusion kit, with one crash cymbal and no effects cymbals, complete with throne and sticks

At the other extreme, many entry level kits are sold complete with two cymbal stands, most often one straight and one boom, and some even with a standard cymbal pack, a stool and a pair of drum sticks.

Moon's classic cymbal setup consisted of two Paiste Giant Beat 18 " crashes and one 20 " ride.

He is reputed to have worn a straw hat, and is usually depicted with one slung on his back, but two villages are reported in the 19th century Wu-yang Gazeteer ( Wu-yang hsien-chih ) to have believed that his hat was actually a cymbal, which only residents of the villages ( famous for manufacturing cymbals ) had permission to sound upon meeting him.

Istanbul Agop relocated to a newer and larger facility in 2007 where it combines its manufacturing of hand made professional and machine made student cymbal lines at one location.

The splash cymbal, because of its varied usage and small size, is mounted in many ways.

Many splashes have a relatively thick rim for their size, and can withstand a stroke that would break a crash cymbal, but thin splashes cannot generally be mounted bell down.

Both swish and pang have the upturned and flanged edge of a china cymbal, with a very small bell, a thin profile overall with little taper, and a relatively thick rim for their size and weight.

Players in a cymbal line may all carry the same size and type of cymbal, or a variety of instruments may be used.