\version "2.18" \language "english" setTubularBells = { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"tubular bells" <>^\markup \fontsize #-2 \bold {Tubular bells} } drumMusic = \drummode { << \repeat unfold 4 << \repeat unfold 2 { hh8 hh hh } \\ \repeat unfold 2 { bd4 r } >> { s1 | s2 \new Staff = "ossia" \with { alignAboveContext = "drum" \remove "Time_signature_engraver" \override StaffSymbol #'staff-space = #(magstep -3) } % This bellow should be, say, a bf; i.e. not a snare. {\setTubularBells sn2\laissezVibrer } } >> } drumPart = \new DrumStaff = "drum" << \new DrumVoice { \drumMusic } >> \score { << \drumPart >> \layout {} }