haha no its plenty normal .... actually it looks like ive been practically beaten after compatition weeks... my arms are practically covered :-/
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Thanks for your advise you guys. It's funny, I've had people ask me what happened to my arm and one person asked (jokingly) "Who's been beating you?" But yeah I still have this very dark bruise about the size of a quarter and a couple little ones from last Saturday.

I played cymbals in the stands at football games - because I usually play mallets. Anyways, yeah I got lots of those... The ones that pinch you but don't break your skin and just turn into a really nasty bruise I call them cymbal hickies. But yeah I got them all over my arm and my stomach and people kept staring at me when I went to the beach haha.

I perrsonally haven't played the cymbals, but my friends that do, get bruises but they mainly have back problems. Maybe they aren't playing them right. *shrugs shoulders*

I get bruises all the time. I think it's pretty normal.

There is no reason for you to get any bruises unless you accidentally hit yourself or you are using poor technique.

when i was in middle school i had to play crash cymbals during a song, it had a really intense ending and big a crash at the end with a choke, by the end of concert season, i had red marks on my chest from the choking

Our band doesn't march cymbals. But during cadences i play alot a lot and hi-hat effects pinch me and sometimes I get hit with cymbal flips. And also whel i have to hold up cymbals for our snares they slap me with their sticks.

well whe playing cymbals the cuts, piches just happen when you start and aren't to good at transitions and catch your arm. But the bruses are supposed to happen and you should expect them to wouldn't ou already expect it if your throwing 40 puond metal/alluminum disc into your body

Listen to Jeff...If you play them correctly, you will find that bruises come from several different things. For one, you could be crashing them incorrectly, causing them to vibrate like mad, which leaves a nasty set of bruises. Or you could be pulling them into your chest too hard, not using enough finger/arm muffling to dampen the sound better.