Rimshot near the edge of the head, but these sound very different from gocks in marching percussion. In orchestral percussion, a rimshot is performed by placing one drum stick with the stick head near the middle of the drumhead, and the shaft pressed against the rim, and striking with the other stick. This produces a less powerful, but more precise and accurate rimshot than its marching cousin. This is known as a "stick shot". The rimshot should not be confused with the cross stick technique, in which the tip of a drumstick is placed on the head near one of the
Rimshot of jokes. His most famous line was probably, "Take My Wife . . .Please!" after he said "please", it was the drummer's duty to play a rimshot to punctuate the humor and generate great laughter from the audience. Sometimes, the comedian would react to the rimshot as if he did not expect it and in doing so, pass the reaction and responsibility for the rimshot on to the drummer. When in fact, the comedian had previously instructed the drummer when to use and when not to use the rimshot. There was really nothing surprising about the use of the rimshot