IMHO Do Not put more than 8 bars on a line.the reason drummers
are forced to read at a greater distance from the music given the
drumset. If there are horn hits (Big Band Jazz Style)
put them above the staff at 80 %
If there are no drum hits to worry about then notate the actual rhy.
in th
All,
this is certainly an interesting discussion. And I tend to agree with both
sides - earlier I have not done anything else to the drum part than making
it look good and try to compress similar measures as far as possible.
Perhaps 8 or 12 bars per system or whatever - the main thing is that all
At 7:38 PM -0400 9/13/09, Christopher Smith wrote:
in response to John (with the greatest respect!)
The alternative to "play 8" is not just pages black with notes. Bars
with slashes are perfectly acceptable (once, as you said, the
initial feel is established) with cues over top in small notes
At 6:44 PM -0400 9/13/09, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi John,
Carl gave you a whole bunch of reasons why the "play 8" indication
can be a problem -- the most important of which is that there's no
room for the drummer to write in his/her own kicks or cues (as there
is when it's just slashes).
in response to John (with the greatest respect!)
The alternative to "play 8" is not just pages black with notes. Bars
with slashes are perfectly acceptable (once, as you said, the initial
feel is established) with cues over top in small notes and stop time
indicated with stemmed slashes. Th
John Howell wrote:
At 1:43 PM -0700 9/13/09, Carl Dershem wrote:
And of the drummers I work with, none like the "play 8 bars" style of
drum part. They all consider it a way for lazy copyists and arrangers
to get the point across.
Hmmm. I did that for years when I was hand copying, and sti
Hi John,
Carl gave you a whole bunch of reasons why the "play 8" indication can
be a problem -- the most important of which is that there's no room
for the drummer to write in his/her own kicks or cues (as there is
when it's just slashes). "Play 8" *might* make sense under a solo with
no
Christopher Smith wrote:
Hi Dan,
I concur as well with Darcy and Carl on the "Play 8" situation.
For that matter, there is no reason why a drum part has to fit on 2
pages. You can either give him a page turn during a one or two bar rest
(unless he is playing dance music, he almost certainly h
At 1:43 PM -0700 9/13/09, Carl Dershem wrote:
And of the drummers I work with, none like the "play 8 bars" style
of drum part. They all consider it a way for lazy copyists and
arrangers to get the point across.
Hmmm. I did that for years when I was hand copying, and still prefer
it when t
Hi Dan,
I concur as well with Darcy and Carl on the "Play 8" situation.
For that matter, there is no reason why a drum part has to fit on 2
pages. You can either give him a page turn during a one or two bar
rest (unless he is playing dance music, he almost certainly has one
of those somewh
Dan,
FWIW, I concur with what Carl writes below.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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djar...@earthlink.net
Brooklyn, NY
On 13 Sep 2009, at 4:43 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:
Dan Tillberg wrote:
All,
I have been explicitely asked by my drummer to try to keep the drum
part
down to two pages, which is unders
Dan Tillberg wrote:
All,
I have been explicitely asked by my drummer to try to keep the drum part
down to two pages, which is understandable and should be possible for
parts where there might be long periods of slash notation without any cues
or other tempo/rhythm markings.
Hmmm...
I've been
Turn off update automatically. You can manually create MM rests as
needed.
Cheers,
- Darcy
-
djar...@earthlink.net
Brooklyn, NY
On 13 Sep 2009, at 4:48 AM, Dan Tillberg wrote:
All,
I have been explicitely asked by my drummer to try to keep the drum
part
down to two pages, which is
All,
I have been explicitely asked by my drummer to try to keep the drum part
down to two pages, which is understandable and should be possible for
parts where there might be long periods of slash notation without any cues
or other tempo/rhythm markings.
My first attempt was to actually delete th
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