I'd like to chime in on the discussion of the multiple bounce roll symbol.
The interpretation of a roll written in percussion music should be context-specific; the typical '3 slashes' indication of a roll allows for different numbers of strokes per hand, depending on instrument and genre. As Jef noted, a timpanist normally plays a single stroke roll. If a percussionist is playing a rudimental-style snare drum piece, the roll would typically be played as a double-stroke (open) roll. If a percussionist is playing a role in a piece of orchestral music, the roll would typically be performed as a triple-stroke (orchestral) roll, to give more a sense not of rapid repeated strokes, but of a continuous, sustained sound. In the Percussive Arts Society's list of 40 rudiments, a note with a z on the stem is indicated as being a 'multiple bounce roll'. Given that the list also includes the triple stroke roll and the double stroke open roll, the multiple bounce roll therefore indicates 4 or more strokes per hand. This may also be called a crush roll. You can view the PAS list at http://www.pas.org/Learn/Rudiments/RudimentsOnline.aspx and you can listen to them all at http://www.pas.org/Learn/Rudiments/RudimentsSound.aspx to get a sense of the sounds (though to my ear, the triple stroke roll in the recording would be played faster by orchestral percussionists to get the continuous, sustained sound that is desirable in that context). Geoff _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
