Re: Percussion

[Scott Webber]

Sorry about the double post.  I thought it ignored the first one because it
wasn't plain text...oops.

Here's a couple examples of the kind of stuff I'm talking about:

http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/juniorbrigadedrums/music/files/phanto1.jpg
and here's my favorite snare lick ever:
http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/juniorbrigadedrums/music/files/99breakglassmen.jpg

Mostly, I deal with marching percussion, but the same sort of stuff applies
to all percussion really.  The main thing is the slashes through the notes,
and the grace notes without slurs.

Also, I don't know if anyone's ever brought this up before, but since
percussion parts are most often one note, there should be a way to not type
the note name every time...something like this:

\notes {
       \time 4/4
       c'8 16 16 16 16 16 16 8 r8
     }

Does that make sense to anyone else?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bobroff" <address@hidden>
To: "Lilypond user discussion" <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Percussion


> At 09:05 AM 3/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I just learned about lilypond this week, and am amazed by what it can do.
> >However, I was wondering, does lilypond do standard percussion
articulations
> >such as open rolls, closed rolls, flams, etc.?  If so, how?  Has anyone
> >addressed this with an addon or something?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Scott Webber
>
> Interesting timing.  This topic has come up a couple of times recently.  I
> need to code a piece with percussion myself.  As for flams and ruffs, I
> need them, too, as well as some beamed and slashed grace notes that change
> across different "pitches".  My percussionist friends tell me there are
two
> notations used for "closed" rudiments.  One is to put a tie across the
> "grace notes" to the main note and the other it to put a slash through the
> stem/flag.  LilyPond can do either, but currently cannot put a slash
> through a set of beamed grace notes.  This is what I need to do.
>
> Maybe it's time for a feature request.  Jan, Han-Wen....?
>
> -David
>
>
>
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