Re: Drum Scoring

Stan Mulder wrote: Try this: http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/sgadd/img/drumnotation.jpg So the notes are indeed smaller, and higher above the staff than I thought, but if I move them up to position #6 in Lilypond I get ledger lines, which is the wrong thing. Presumably getting the notes smaller i

Re: Drum Scoring

Jennifer Clark wrote: That's exactly it - this makes a lot of sense to me as an arranger as it avoids the need to spell out explicitly what the drummer is most likely better at doing anyway. I suppose I could scan that section if needed. That would be really handy! Jennifer Try this: http://ww

Re: Drum Scoring

Stan Mulder wrote: There is a book on drum notation put out by the Percussive Arts Society and it is generally agreed that this is the reference book for writing drum parts. The book is called "Guide to Standardized Drumset Notation by Norman Weinberg"

Re: Drum Scoring

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Replace the \score{...} in my previous example by . Brilliant, that is exactly the right thing! The correct position is indeed #5, although I am not sure where this convention is stated. Now I am getting into this more it may be that the noteheads on the rhythm voice ar

Re: Drum Scoring

Jennifer Clark wrote: Sebastiano Vigna wrote: This is indeed an area where Lilypond would need some improvement... no matter how I tweaked the various parameters, the drum scores I got were not very satisfying (even beginners in the class noticed problems). There are problems with rest positioning,

Re: Drum Scoring

Replace the \score{...} in my previous example by \score { \repeat "volta" 2 << \new DrumStaff << \new Voice \with { \consists "Pitch_squash_engraver" squashedPosition = #4 \override Rest #'staff-position = #4

Re: Drum Scoring

Sebastiano Vigna wrote: This is indeed an area where Lilypond would need some improvement... no matter how I tweaked the various parameters, the drum scores I got were not very satisfying (even beginners in the class noticed problems). There are problems with rest positioning, uneven spacing, plus

Re: Drum Scoring

Mats Bengtsson wrote: Do you mean something like the top line in this example (which is a minor modification of the example called drums.ly in the Regression Tests document). Thank you Mats, that is very close to what I am talking about. The main differences are that the common time denoter for the

Re: Drum Scoring

Do you mean something like the top line in this example (which is a minor modification of the example called drums.ly in the Regression Tests document). /Mats \version "2.2.0" drh = \drums { cymc4.^"crash" hhc16^"h.h." hh \repeat "unfold" 5 {hhc8 hho hhc8 hh16 hh} hhc4 r4 r2 } drl = \drums {\re

Re: Drum Scoring

On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 20:06 +0100, Jennifer Clark wrote: > is the writing of drum music; the latest score I did had the transcribed > drums set out note for note (as it were), but I was sure this was not > the best way to present music to a drummer. So I asked one of the good This is indeed an

Drum Scoring

Dear all, I am now getting confident enough with Lilypond to use it for writing scores for larger bands, currently a nine piece jazz band for example, and find the software excellent. One area I am not entirely confident in is the writing of drum music; the latest score I did had the transcribed