# What Cymbal Makes This Sound? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174 "2022-09-08T01:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174/1 "2022-09-08T01:05:56Z")
What cymbal creates like a crescendo type shSHSHS sound, as heard at the very opening here in Ringo Starr’s “It Don’t Come Easy”? And, how is this sound created? Does the drummer play a drumroll on the cymbal? [Listen Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvEexTomE1I) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174/2 "2022-09-08T01:07:58Z")
Yep, basically a roll on the cymbal using mallets. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174/3 "2022-09-08T01:12:51Z")
Follow-up question: how does Ringo play the piano with ski gloves on? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cymbal-makes-this-sound/971174/4 "2022-09-08T01:59:55Z")
When you’re a Starr, feats like that come easy. 😉