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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:

> To answer your original question, I use lowercase Z in 14pt Geneva. These
> are is the handle positioning values I use:
>
> (In Spaces)
> Main Symbol:
> H: 0.66667
> V: -2.5
>
> Flipped Symbol:
> H: -.0375
> V: 1
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:03 AM, David H. Bailey <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
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