[ddots-l] Re: Need Help Understanding Drum Notation
- From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:04:28 -0400
Hi, when you say drums, you mean a drum set, or actual percussions like
congas, timbale, bongos etc?
Also, what style are you looking at, salsa, merengue, mambo, songo, rumba,
bolero, cha cha cha etc. All these have different styles of playing and the
drums (if applicable) do different things on there.
I am not by a nature a drummer, but I do play, compose, arrange and work
with latin music, play some percussions (the piano/keys is my forte), and
could prob help explain or teach you on some of that if learning is what you
want to do.
The snare is always seen as a sharp attack percussive sound which cuts
through, specially if playing samba, songo or types of styles where the
snare is doing syncapations. Also, if used along with timbales, it is used
(though not so sharp) to give accents to cuts and breaks. Usually a latin
drum set has 1 or 2 toms, a bass drum, a snare, but the main part is the
timbales and splash simbles and crash simbles; sometimes a high-hat is used
also.
HTH, D!J!X!
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dani L Pagador
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:48 PM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy; ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Need Help Understanding Drum Notation
Hi, Everyone.
I'm learning to write drum parts in arranging this week and have downloaded
Latin Guide for Drummers by John Rae from NLS to help me get a handle on the
Latin style.
Are there any percussionists on list who would be willing to look at the
braille with me to help me understand the finer points of this type of
notation? I understand the durational values attached to the notes, but
don't understand things like which clef is being used, why different pitches
are used for the snare drum, etc, etc.
Thanks,
Dani
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