For all music in the classical tradition, I very strongly recommend the use of normal noteheads for all percussion first, because it is the historical standard, second, because special noteheads are unnecessary, and third. because it frees up the special noteheads to represent unorthodox means of tone production, as they do on other instruments.
I have lately gone more toward regular staff/notehead, because it's a whole lot easier to do in Finale, and especially for studio stuff which is not for actual publication, it saves me the time of wrestling with the percussion staff.
...I'd be interested to hear how other composers/arrangers on this list create their Finale percussion parts for various uses (orchestra, band, pop, pit orchestra, etc.).
Linda Worsley
Even for traps, I see no need for special noteheads since 11 different instruments can be represented on one 5-line staff without leger lines or any two instruments sharing any line or space. With one ledger line, the number increases to 15.
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Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com
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