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Rests & Their Usefulness in Drums
Well, I'm a drummer. I've been drumming for the past three years. I can read sheet music and I have this question.
What's the point of having 'rests' in drums. I mean, why can't you leave the part ...
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How do I count these rhythms for the shaker?
How do I count these rhythms for the shaker part? It is in 4/4 and I know it’s not difficult. But, I’ve never played shaker before and want to write in the counting in my score.
Also, the same for the ...
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How to notate single-line percussion staff using ABC notation?
I want to have this effect by using ABC notation:
In LilyPond, I can use \new RhythmicStaff to create such a staff. What's the equivalent in ABC notation?
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Timing variations of percussive instrument performance
I am at the final stages of my M.Sc. and I am working on a sonic gesture interaction system to control a digital percussion instrument (more like sampler). In order to perform the evaluation of the ...
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Is it best to use a tie when using 8th notes off the beat?
I am notating my bongos in 4/4. If you look at the last two bars, they are the same rhythm but notated differently.
Can you tell me if the 3rd or 4th bar would be the most correct way to notate the ...
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How to write a beat in a bar with 16th and 32nd notes?
I am trying to find the best way to write this bongo rhythm. I know bongo is usually written on two lines only, or even on one line sometimes, but my bongos are tuned to G so I just use normal music ...
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Samba percussion for songwriters
I'm a song-writer (a guitar player) and I need to write drum parts for myself. I discovered how cool the brazilian samba carnival percussion is (not the watered down European jazz-samba), but haven't ...
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Configure 4-4 Tabla for Bansuri Practice
The video below (starting at 2:50) shows the Instructor turning on the 4-4 Tabla player.
How did he configure the Tabla player? He's a wonderful Instructor, but rather vague on these points.
In my ...
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Percussion Rhythm Help
Hey, so I need help counting the two measures underlined in red (43-44). I play the conga for this and I need help with counting the rhythm here.
Thank you!
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When a drummer wears headphones, what is he listening to?
I recently watched a recording of Jean Michel Jarre's Twelve Dreams of the Sun concert and noticed that his drummer seems to rhythmically move to a beat not audible to the audience, e.g. as 11:10. You ...
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How can I improve my interpretation of rhythm and percussion?
I am a non-drummer/non-percussionist well versed, for my personal purposes, in tonal harmony - up to the point where tonal chord structures can be implemented without functional movement and serve to ...
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