Hi Carl.....I know the technique involved here, but I wasn't knowledgeable
enough to provide a clear answer.....I submitted it to an associate of
mine,
Richard who is an ethno-musicologist and teacher of both western and
eastern
hand drums. Here are his recommendations. I hope it is of help. Dave
D.
Hi Dave,
Yes, use one line to indicate one instrument. In
Finalé, unless it is the latest version, there is no
way to indicate complex percussion notation involving
pitch-shifts on one note unless you indicate it as a
glissando (a line drawn between noteheads) like with a
timpani. People who write music software are
unsympathetic to the needs of flexible notation for
percussion. You have to borrow from other instrumental
symbols and indicators. I do not know if it is
possible to create from scratch or denote a
pre-existing graphic notehead to indicate that an
elbow is to be used. Perhaps a meld of a letter or
other independent symbol with the notehead could
indicate this in Finale. A text box by the notation
could serve to instruct the player perhaps. Copy the
Finale file as a graphic into a graphic program like
FreeHand or Illustrator and then add other graphic to
your delight. Save it all as a print-grade file for
the printer. For modern notation I suggest using the
book resource by Gardner Read, Music Notation: A
Manual of Modern Practice. My copy (2nd edition) was
published in 1979. There may be newer resources or
editions of that book. Check with the Percussive Arts
Society (PAS). In any case, when using software to
notate with, there are going to be problems with
modern percussion parts. Also look up "notation of..."
on the internet. There is bound to be a redsource
somewhere. Good Luck
Richard Steiger
Hi Richard: I know the technique described here but
I do not know how to
tell him to notate it.
Can you help? Much appreciated.
Dave D.
> Patrick and Dave -
>
> This question arose on the forum for the notation
software I use, and as
> you're very familiar with hand drums, I thought
you might have an opinion
> that actually applies.
>
> Any opinion on how you would prefer this be
written?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Carl
>
> I have a composer who wants me to notate a conga
effect -- the player
> plays five strokes on the conga head with his
right hand while
> putting pressure on it with his left elbow. (Or
vice versa -- it
> doesn't matter.) He starts with a lot of elbow
pressure but gradually
> applies less pressure, so the effect sounds like
five descending
> notes. (The effect is common in Afro-Cuban playing
but I've never had
> to notate it before).
>
> The composer initially wanted to use noteheads on
different staff
> lines to indicate the descending figure, but I
think that's
> misleading because the effect is played entirely
on a single conga.
> (Other measures have parts for two congas notated
on different staff
> spaces.)
>
> What do you think the most concise way of notating
and explaining the
> desired effect would be? (The part is for a
classical percussionist.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Darcy
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