Darcy that heightens my dilemma in a way, that the two of you disagree, although it's also reassuring.
I needed to check with arrangers outside of my local scene. It's good to know that what I have been writing isn't completely wrong. In future, I'll notate on a case by case situation. - Nigel Hanley On 28/09/2011, at 2:48 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Nigel, Chuck, > > I concur with Chuck that if you are separating into layers, then pedal hihat > "chiks" should be notated below the staff, in the stems-down layer. But I > don't recall ever seeing a drum part split into layers using Chuck's "hands > up, feed down" method. It's not that it's not logical -- it makes perfect > sense -- but in my experience, it's not standard. The more usual split seems > to be cymbals (except pedal hihat) stems up, everything else stems down. > > Though as I said, my practice, which drummers definitely seem to prefer, is > to put everything in a single, stems-up layer. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:37 PM, Nigel Hanley wrote: > >> Thanks Chuck and Darcy, you have together proven my dilemma. I'm in >> Australia, and was always led to believe in the hand drums, stems up, and >> foot drums stems down system. Apparently this isn't gospel truth. I can see >> both arguments, so I'm pleased to hear both sides. >> >> cheers, >> >> Nigel Hanley >> >> >> >> On 28/09/2011, at 2:25 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: >> >>> My experience is that drummers like *everything* in their part written the >>> same layer -- hihat/cymbal, snare, toms, bass drum, etc -- all with stems >>> up. It's much easier to see how things line up that way. Most drumers do >>> not like having the part separated into multiple layers. >>> >>> However, if you are going to separate into layers, it should definitely be >>> hat/cymbals in the stems-up layer, and everything else stems down. I've >>> never seen snare written in the cymbals layer, it (obviously) belongs to >>> the drum layer. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - DJA >>> ----- >>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On 27 Sep 2011, at 12:06 PM, Nigel Hanley wrote: >>> >>>> Is there a consensus as to whether drum parts should be written with the >>>> snare in the same voice/layer as the kick drum, as opposed to being part >>>> of the hi-hat/cymbal layer? >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
