high-hat cymbals

American

Or hi-hat cymbals

plural noun

Music.

a pair of cymbals mounted on a rod so that the upper cymbal can be lifted and dropped on the lower by means of a pedal.

Etymology

Origin of high-hat cymbals

First recorded in 1930–35

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Kettle drums, bass drums, xylophones, Chinese gongs, vibraphones, snare drums and high-hat cymbals paraded by in carts, banged and stroked and tinkled enthusiastically by crew after crew of maddened tympanists.

From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert

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