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There's a very common drumming technique, usually towards the end of a bar, where the hi-hat is hit while being opened creating a "riser" sound.

I had always thought it was called a "fill," but it's really just a very simple version of a fill. What is this sound/technique called?

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    Open hi hat? Not everything has a name.
    – Todd Wilcox
    Jan 8 at 6:02
  • Good question! We like labels, so if there isn't one, maybe there should be! Although there are various hi-hat sounds from hard shut through 'half open', to completely open, let alone 'hit it closed, and open it straight away'. +1.
    – Tim
    Jan 8 at 10:15
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    Does this answer your question? What is the name of this drums "disco" rhythm/technique?
    – ojs
    Jan 8 at 19:09
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    Not sure, but it's definitely not "drum riser", which is something else entirely.
    – Theodore
    Jan 9 at 16:21
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    @SephReed the point is, it doesn't seem to name beyond "open hi-hat" or at least nobody here has heard it. My best guess is that after coming up with "pataflafla" and ""flamadiddle-diddle", the mysterious cabal that invents the names decided it's getting too silly and stopped.
    – ojs
    Jan 9 at 21:48

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It sounds like you might be describing this sound:

I would describe this simply as "gradually open hi-hat" / "slowly open hi-hat"

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It's just called "open hi-hat". And yes, it is often used as simple type of drum fill.

Here is a short lesson on how to play open hi-hat:

Open hi-hat is usually represented in notation by a small circle (o) above a regular hi-hat note. Closing the hi-hat is then represented with a small plus sign (+) above the note. Once the hi-hats are closed the plus sign is not written.

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