Q: regarding the drummers who just hammer away with their arm on their hi hat, i think sometimes it's a conscious choice to achieve a more consistent sound for each hit as opposed to accenting the strong beats. i'm a drummer and i can play Moeller style but for certain things i intenionally play with more arm to get that really rockin constant driving feel. but i think this can still be accomplished with mostly wrist usually and some drummers take it too far, either for a performance effect or just lack of technical knowledge
A: let's say the notes are going by at 4x 80bpm. so 16th notes at 80bpm, or 8th notes at 160 bpm. ..... does that change things