Yes, a cheap one. There's probably no sense buying a quality bow for using on cymbals because you'll do a number on the hairs. You just have to cake on the rosin.

I had to look this up on youtube i never heard of it. Pretty cool and you get some wild sounds. Eye Ball I'll have to try this............;)

I'd recommend using a bass bow. And, yes, cake on the rosin, and expect to do a number on the hairs. I got my first bass bow for $60 new. Cheaper ones are out there. Get one of those. Also, invest in a bow case if you're playing out with it.

Me neither! But, cool! Check out this guy who bows a cymbal resting on a tympani! This is a new one on me and other than for my own entertainment, I'd have no practical application for it in the music I play. But man, the sounds are seriously cool.

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John

This seriously just inspired me! Awesome!

Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) had to have done some of this right?

So cool. Thanks for sharing guys. I had never heard of this as well till now.

Sounds like what they would use in Horror films also right?

I had to do this for some wind ensemble piece in college. Can't remember the name of it. I had to roll on the cymbal as well, while operating the pedal. That gives more of a growl to the sound. The bowing with the pedal sounds like ghostly shrieks. Kinda reminds me of a waterphone, but less warbly.

Have you ever bowed a Manhasset music stand? It doesn't resonate as long as a cymbal, but you get the same kind of shrieking, with a little more "bite" to it. Processed on a recording with heavy reverb sounds pretty amazing...

Man the tympani adds a real trippy layer to this~! Wicked cool. Cool1 Almost like whale sounds if you ever heard them.

yup, whale sounds....time to get a bow Walking

I kept a student violin bow in my stick bag for a long time for this purpose. It was small and cheap, so I felt freer to experiment with it. Created a higher pitched "shriek" than a full size bow.