A typical drummset has a 8 bit instruction set (base, snare, tom, floortom, hi-hat, ride, 2 crashes). A drummer can use not more than 4 bit of this 8 at the same time (2 arms, 2 legs = 4 bit bus). So reading drum notes ist quite easy, compared to a guitar player.
A guitar player has a 2D matrix of 6 (strings) x 20 or whatever (frets) = 120 bit, combined with 6 bits of the right hand, combined with 1 million sounds of the digital sound effect machine. As a result, the guitar player almost never plays the guitar, but searches for the right sound. While the drummer has random access to all bits, the guitar player works more like a hard disc: Fist position the hand by sliding over the fretboard, than positioning fings on both hands, than play. So I guess the guitarist has much work with access optimization. Would be easier with a cache... Paul > Now, who's to say drummers (Percussionists) are "notation > illiterate"? Most of them I have encountered in my musical career > were better educated in that area than a lot of Guitarists. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
