Thanks Levi
I know nothing of percussion myself, so I'll copy this to -user to elicit
some responses from those that do. In particular, how best to indicate
"sticking", and the notation for a drum-roll.
However, I'll file this away and pass it on to whoever rewrites this
section of the manual.
Trevor D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Levi Hendricks" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 6:38 PM
Subject: other suggestions
Trevor,
I have some more suggestions for when the "rhythmic music" (7.4) section
of the manual gets updated. Section 7.4.1 shows a drum roll being done in
a RhythmicStaff on melodic note outside of drummode (in other words it on
a g not on a sn or bd). Even though the example provides enough clues, it
doesn't explicitly talk about creating drum rolls. The suffix used is ":"
with a value behind it ( in context g1:32 created a whole note roll). I
searched the chapters for the ":" suffix, and with the exception of bar
lines i can't find its use. I even looked through the command index. I
would suggest adding some explicit instructions for drum rolls in future
manual editions.
Also, sticking is just as important for a percussionist as fingering is
for piano player. I understand how to use a -4 suffix to add a fingering
to a note, but I have not had success with this in drummode. Also, even
being able to do this wouldn't be so helpful as it would be best to be
able to put capitol "R" and "L" above notes to indicate right or left
hand. Again I was able to make an "L" appear as a fingering in a regular
line of music, but the "R" was complied as a multiple measure rest, and
even at that I could not associate an "L" with a note in drummode for some
reason. If this feature is available there should be documentation in
section 7.4 on it for future manuals, and if it is not available, it
should be proposed to be added.
Hope this helps
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