On 11/22/2013 1:21 AM, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > Thank you Jef, things are getting clearer. > I remember studying (and actually assumed) that a half note with the tremolo > symbol was to be interpreted as a double open stroke roll, whereas the > tremolo indicated a single stroke roll; in contrast to these two notations > the Z would indicate the bouncing four strokes. > How would the two be differentiated in a list of rudiments? >
In the list of rudiments that I have the Z indicates a "multiple-bounce roll" which means that the drummer doesn't pay attention to how many times the tip bounces with each hand. When I was in school this was referred to as the "scrambled egg roll" because the drummer just keeps the sticks moving as if scrambling eggs. The tremelo marking indicats a double-stroke open roll, where the tip of the stick bounces precisely twice with each stick motion, for a much more controlled sound. In practice what either symbol represents to the drummer will vary greatly depending on the training of the particular drummer playing the part. So you may get either type of roll with either type of symbol if the drummer hasn't been trained very well. I just put the tremelo marking for all my rolls and leave it to the drummer to either obey that symbol precisely or do a multiple-bounce roll. -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
