Hi Jef,
The rubbing is not continuous -- it's short quarter notes (q=74),
changing direction each quarter. Maybe if I write out "strike" and
"rub" the first time, then use "s" and "r" thereafter?
Thanks for the tip on the grit -- I hadn't thought to specify, but
I'm definitely looking for that coarse sound. Volume is also an issue
-- the louder, the better really. How loud can I reasonably expect
the rubbing effect to be?
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 14 Apr 2007, at 6:43 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote:
1-line staff. write as 8ths (or sixteenths according to the piece)
for struck, and tremolo for rubbing. in the notation legend
(percussion instrument/object list), write "2 Sandpaper blocks
(struck and rubbed together)".
if you are still worried, on the first instance of the struck
notes, just for security reasons, write "(strike)" and leave it
afterwards. percussionists will know what this means, and the
tremolo will be enough for them to know that the rubbing technique
is called for thereafter.
if the rubbing is NOT a circular, sustained motion, you could
instead write the struck notes as 16ths staccato and the rubbed
notes as 8ths tenuto.
are you specifying what grit to use? 40-60 totally coarse, can rip
shit up great (like legs...) has a very raucous sound, while
100-120 is a nice clean smooth sound, 220 and above for those
really fine moments, blends well with air noises (eg. wind through
instrument).
this is shit that was not in the orchestration books i read but of
utmost importance 8^)
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