Hi. For what it's worth. as a percussionist for several decades, having played not only classical, but show tunes,rock, pop, as well as folk music, from my experience, which hand one uses for any particular note is usually left to the percussionist. The only time I've ever seen consistent use of any notation of which hand to use is in teaching materials (which may be what this is wanted for). For "normal everyday" music, one is supposed to know the instrument they are playing, and therefore how to work out sticking or hand patterns themselves. The only exception to that is if one wanted to notate sticking patterns for a drum corps.
As for indicating which stick or hand, using the chord or abc2ps's interlinear lyric capability would work well for putting R or L under/above each note. Or, one could, if there was only one sound/instrument (say a snare drum), put the different hand/stick on a different line of teh staff. But for normal percussion notation, even for multiple instruments, a regular staff utilizing the different liners and spaces for the different instruments in the thing I usually have seen. Even if the stems are all the same direction, it may not be the best, but it sure works. So, that's my two-cents' worth. ;-) Rick To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
