olav wrote: > Hi, > > Tree slashes across the stem in drum notes means a roll (norwegian: virvel, > there might be special words in german and french) the production of a > continuous sound. >
According to 'Polyglottes Wörterbuch der musikalische Terminologie' (Bärenreiter, Kassel 1980) 'roll' _is_ the english term to use. German 'Wirbel', French 'roulement', Italian 'rullo', Danish 'hvirvel' > As with the bowing on the violin tremolo, the you beat the drum indefinitely > fast with the aim of producing a sound as continuous as possible. > > On the snare drum one uses double strokes: for each one movement of the hand > the drumstick hits the drum twice, by bouncing up-down-up after the first > hit. On the timpany one uses single-stroke rolls: one hit on the drum for one > movement of the hand, but this is still done indefinitely fast. > > "The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as > scarcely to be distinguished by the ear." > [1913 Webster] -- Christian Mondrup, Sheet Music Editor WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive http://icking-music-archive.org/ _______________________________________________ TeX-music mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.daimi.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
