At 8:48 AM -0500 2/28/07, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I used a custom two-line staff for the two congas -- twice the distance between lines than a normal staff. This allowed me to have five different pitch positions that still look like they belong to the top conga line -- the (invisible) line above the the, the space above the staff line, on the line, the space below the line, and the (invisible) line below the the staff line. I put in five descending eighths with gliss lines connecting the noteheads, and the direction: "gliss w/elbow pressure on drum."
That is really clever, and should be instantly readable. One question, though. Is the effect REALLY a gliss? I think of it as more like 5 separate hits with the actual pitches a moving target. (A fast gliss would be quite possible with a single stroke, of course, but I had the impression that wasn't the effect wanted.)
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