Re: Percussion Notation

[Malte Meyn]

Am 07.10.2015 um 02:57 schrieb Spencer Raybourne:
> Could someone please explain Lilypond percussion notation vs. Standard 
> percussion notation (if there is such a thing). I have seen several examples in 
> books that are different from Lilypond.
There seems to be no such thing like a standard. Some things are mostly 
agreed on (normal note heads in lowest space of the staff for bass drum, 
same in the third-to-lowest for snare drum…) but some things aren’t (how 
to write toms and cymbals and various other instruments, write chords or 
polyphonic (or mix it), how to write the equivalent of fingerings for 
hands R/L (I don’t know a better term)). Timpani rolls can be notated as 
(stem) tremolo (c1:32) or as trill or trill spanner, rolls across 
several bars with or without ties (though one timpanist I talked to 
prefers tremolo and ties).

I’m not a percussionist but that’s my impression after talking to some 
percussionists/drummers.

I’m sure it is possible to get LilyPond to use a different notation but 
since I’ve never done that I don’t know how.