Bryan
Many thanks for this - it is now incorporated in the next version of the
docs. Perhaps you could be so good as to check it out in a day or two when
it appears?
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Stanbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Trevor Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Levi Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lilypond-User
List" <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: Drum rolls [was Re: other suggestions]
Trevor Daniels wrote:
As there have been no further comments on drum-rolls on -user, perhaps
you could help a little further.
The notation you mention with a colon (in the example it g1:32) to
indicate a drum-roll is described in the Notation Reference for 2.11
section 1.4.2.2 (or the User Manual for 2.10 sections 6.7.5 and 6.7.6) as
the way to indicate a tremolo on a single note. Could you please have a
look at these, and let me know if this notation and appearance is exactly
right for indicating a drum-roll to a percussionist? If it is, could you
please send me a short realistic example of using this notation for a
drum-roll for inclusion in the percussion section of the manual?
Greetings,
As a percussionist and music publisher, I can offer some suggestions.
The g1:32 notation is exactly the modern way of spelling out rolls
(anything quarter/quaver or higher is with 3 slashes, eighths are with 2
[the beam becoming the third] and anything smaller than eighths are one
slash). This is accepted notation for all percussion instruments as well
including timpani, marimba, snare drum, multiple percussion setups,
triangles, you name it.
Short example:
\time 2/4
sn16 sn8 sn16 sn8 sn8:32~ |
sn8 sn8 sn4:32~ |
sn4 sn8 sn16 sn16 |
sn4 r4 |
(Rolls for snare drum are often tied into the releasing note.)
For sticking issues, I just use ^"R" or ^"L" after notes and then override
the staff-padding on TextScripts to achieve a pleasing baseline.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Bryan...
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Purple Frog Press
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