Thanks a lot Torsten for this exhaustive answer, most instructive! JM
> Le 13 juin 2018 à 14:33, Torsten Hämmerle <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Menu Jacques wrote >> A side question is (I’m no percussionist): how does one chose between >> DrumStaff and RythmicStaff? > > That's how I handle it resp. what I've learned about it. > Off the cuff: > > *Tuned Percussion* > Timpani, (and even glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, tubular > bells…) are regarded as percussion instruments and are being played by the > percussionists. They have definite pitches and therefore get an ordinary > Staff with an appropriate clef (treble^8, treble, bass...). > Traditionally, they sometimes won't even get general key signatures but use > individual accidentals. > > *Single rhythmic instruments* > Instruments like triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, tamtam, etc., may > get a RhythmicStaff with one single line (at least in the full score) just > so save space and there is no need to distinguish between different > pitches/instruments. > > *Multi instruments* > In orchestral real life, however, it is quite common for percussionists to > play multiple instruments and often change instruments during a piece. > Therefore, even the aforementioned single instruments will be notated in a > five-line DrumStaff where the notehead positions don't refer to definite > pitches but to different instruments. > Or, even if (classically) played by individual percussionists, bass drum and > snare drum, for instance, will be combined in one single DrumStaff. This > also helps avoiding a large number of individual parts (mainly consisting of > rests ;)). > *Remark:* Even if several instruments will be combined in one part/stave, > they might get separate staves (even one-line RhythmicStaffs) in the full > score. > *Cue quotes:* A strong argument for using five-line staves even for single > percussion parts is the possibility of quoting other instruments. > Just imagine a triangle part mainly consisting of rests. It is a great help > for the performing musician to see quotes of other instruments for much > better orientation. "I'll have to ping after this and that trumpet signal…" > > *"Intermediate" cases* > Some percussion instruments consisting of two or three "pitches" (not > deliberately tuned), such as congas, bongos, agogo bells, will get a two or > three line stave in order to be able to distinguish between the "low" and > the "high" pitches. > Note: "Since a percussionist is used to reading the five-line stave, a stave > of either four lines or more than five lines is difficult to read and should > not be used." [Gould] > > *Drumset* > The drumset/drumkit used in rock/pop/jazz is a combination of different > percussion instruments and will definitely get a DrumStaff. > > > *Full scores* > Single line rhythmic staves (even if the parts use five-line staves) might > be preferable in full scores because they can be clearly distinguished from > melodic staves (representing actual pitches) of the surrounding instruments. > But, traditionally, I've seen five-line triangle staves in full scores > > > All in all (just my opinion/understanding): > The reason that single-line percussion staves can mainly be found in > didactic literature is that in educational rhythmic "snippets", drum > rudiments, a combination of different instruments is not needed. > In the vast majority of performance material, one or the other reason mostly > ends up in using a five-line stave. > > All the best, > Torsten > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
