Hi Nigel, Chuck, I concur with Chuck that if you are separating into layers, then pedal hihat "chiks" should be notated below the staff, in the stems-down layer. But I don't recall ever seeing a drum part split into layers using Chuck's "hands up, feed down" method. It's not that it's not logical -- it makes perfect sense -- but in my experience, it's not standard. The more usual split seems to be cymbals (except pedal hihat) stems up, everything else stems down.
Though as I said, my practice, which drummers definitely seem to prefer, is to put everything in a single, stems-up layer. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:37 PM, Nigel Hanley wrote: > Thanks Chuck and Darcy, you have together proven my dilemma. I'm in > Australia, and was always led to believe in the hand drums, stems up, and > foot drums stems down system. Apparently this isn't gospel truth. I can see > both arguments, so I'm pleased to hear both sides. > > cheers, > > Nigel Hanley > > > > On 28/09/2011, at 2:25 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >> My experience is that drummers like *everything* in their part written the >> same layer -- hihat/cymbal, snare, toms, bass drum, etc -- all with stems >> up. It's much easier to see how things line up that way. Most drumers do not >> like having the part separated into multiple layers. >> >> However, if you are going to separate into layers, it should definitely be >> hat/cymbals in the stems-up layer, and everything else stems down. I've >> never seen snare written in the cymbals layer, it (obviously) belongs to the >> drum layer. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> >> >> On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:06 PM, Nigel Hanley wrote: >> >>> Is there a consensus as to whether drum parts should be written with the >>> snare in the same voice/layer as the kick drum, as opposed to being part of >>> the hi-hat/cymbal layer? >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
