Weight: thin

Volume: low to medium loud

Stick Sound: washy

Intensity: lively

Sustain: fairly short

Bell Character: integrated

Sound Character: Warm, airy, snarling, silvery. Fairly wide range, complex mix. Soft feel with a very responsive, explosive splash sound. Low tuned effect cymbal for lively accents in moderate volume. Well suited for hand-playing. Vinnie Colaiuta explains: “They are sweet, they are these kind of punctuation marks in the background.”