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Drum Kit Notation Tutorial
Could someone Please do a tutorial on writing a drum kit part on a single staff BD, SD, HH, OHH, CC, RC. ? Thanks I can't figure out the best way to approach this. I really would appreciate it.
OSX El Capitan Ver 10.11.6
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
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IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
This is a drum notation guide published in each issue of Drum! magazine and it's a good representation of where the different instruments typically go on a staff when writing for drum set. I've been reading and writing drum charts for decades and this is pretty much the standard layout.
I only vary from these examples depending on the number of toms I'm writing for. For example, if there are only two toms (rack and floor) I'll use the placements for Tom 1 and Tom 4 because it's easier to read. Otherwise, this is pretty much the layout I have always used.
I'll have to give the subject of how I write drum parts in Symphony Pro a little more thought to figure out the best way to explain it here. Let me know if you have any specific questions.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
http://computermusicresource.com/GM.Percussion.KeyMap.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GMStandardDrumMap.gif
In all these you see Bass drum as C1 and snare as D1 but on your map it is Bass on F and snare on C. Maybe we are talking two different staffs I am speaking Standard Treble Clef staff. and I'm guessing you are referring to a percussion/Drum staff is that correct? If so perhaps that is why there is a difference. So I hope you see my confusion.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
For example, take a look at the Reassign Drum Kit section in Symphony Pro:
Kick 1 is at F and Snare 1 is at C because that corresponds to the correct placement on the staff for those instruments (it assumes treble clef pitches). When using the MIDI keyboard in Symphony Pro, I can press F to input a kick drum and C to input a snare drum. Not because those are the actual pitches but because those correspond to the note placement on the staff.
"When it comes to writing drum notation with a software program, any correlation between the placement on a staff and it's corresponding note on a keyboard usually only matters for the sake of input."
This is confusing to me.
In my other software (Logic, Multitrack Studio and Others) if I hit a C1 I get a Bass Drum if I hit a D1 I get a snare, but you say in Symphony you hit an F for BD and C for SD. So this is confusing me.
I don't use a midi controller with Symphony Pro to check it.
Sorry to be so dense, I'm just not getting it.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.
You're trying to compare apples and oranges: input for sequencing versus input for notation. In these scenarios, they are completely separate from each other.
IOS 13.4 iPad Pro 4th gen.