My 50c: > > I've been using Lilypond for percussion notation (mostly snare drum > and drum-set) and have found it produces good results. Tremolos in > ruffs and rolls _can_ be aligned with beams. This is how it is done > in Wilcoxon's All American Drummer (one of the seminal snare drum > books). This is not to say that the alternate form mentioned above > would not be useful.
I'm not a drummer, but I've seen and directed hundreds of scores for marching band and I don't recall any which used plain tremolos for ruffs and rolls. ... not to say it can't be done, but then it seems to be a matter of local tradition.
Strokes across stems are often thinner than tremolos and not not aligned with any beams in the material I've seen.
Examples:
http://www.bigendian.dk/jubileum.jpg
http://www.bigendian.dk/libertyb.jpg
(the strokes are not thinner here in the last sample though)
> In drum notation it is important to distinguish between the double > stroke or `open roll', where each stick strikes the drum twice, and > the buzz roll, where each stick produces an indefinite number of > strokes. Usually this is done today by indicating double stroke rolls > with tremolo repeat symbols and buzz rolls with a z through the stem > of the note in the same fashion as the / of the tremelo repeat.
I know the technical difference, but its seldom but into notation in the type of orchestra I play most. (flutes, snares, bugles and some times a brass section).
Peter
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