On a kit, that is. Not a drummer, just very curious about the rudimentary positioning of a drum kit’s instruments and why cross-handed is the go-to formation for playing
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It’s not. Your dominant hand plays the 8th notes and your other hand plays the backbeat. If you’re playing 8th notes on the ride cymbal and backbeats on the snare, your hands aren’t crossed. Only when your right hand is using the hi-hat are they crossed. But if you put a snare to the left of the hi-hat, or a hi-hat on the right of the kit, which some players do, you wouldn’t be crossed over.
The bottom line is both hands move around the kit, and they’re going to cross over at times.
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