Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Bob,
I'm personally very wary of cuing bass parts below the drum staff, as
often the drummer's first instinct is to kick the downstem cues with
the bass drum -- HARD. This can be okay in a "shout chorus" type
situation if the bass is heavily reinforced in e.g., bass trombone, LH
piano and/or bari sax. But if the bass player is the only one playing
the cued part, and the drummer doubles it on the bass drum at anything
above a ghost of a tap, the bass pitches will be inaudible.
Despite the many warning indications I include on my parts -- i.e.
"CUE ONLY -- DON'T KICK," even very good drummers will often ignore
this warning until I point it out, and even then they will try to
revert to kicking them with the bass drum when they think I'm
distracted with other things. I don't know why drummers love covering
up the bass part so much, but they evidently do.
If there are no conflicting cues above the staff, I will often put the
bass cues up there. It's totally nonstandard and drummers complain
about this all the time, but the fact is they play better when the
part is laid out that way, catching the cued bass accents with a
*contrasting* drum or cymbal, instead of the damn bass drum all the time.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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Hi Darcy:
I've never encountered the drummer problem.
However, the piece I'm writing is for a specific player.
Thanks:
Bob F.
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