My experience is that most drummers find the jazz/pop convention of regular noteheads for the drums and X-noteheads for the cymbals much easier to read than regular noteheads for the entire kit.I'm sure you're right, but I'm not so sure it's true in the case of a classical percussionist asked to play the traps.
This is especially true when representing a hihat stomp -- which would normally be notated with an X-notehead at the bottom of the staff. Without the use of X-noteheads, this can be easily confused with bass drum notation (especially since the exact placement of drum kit elements on the staff is not fully standardized).I always notate the hi-hat on two lines: notes on the bottom line are played with the cymbals closed, and if such a note is preceded by a slur, it's a stomp. Very readily understood and easily read, in my experience.
- Darcy
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Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com
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