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Title: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?
Post by: Charles Frazier on 2002-08-17 02:45 PM
I have some Beatles' sheet music with percussion staves. I have been able to figure out that in the song "Good Day Sunshine" the "c" note is a snare drum. However, in my NWC, the snare is a "b natural". Is there a list anywhere that will clue me which note on a sheet of music is what? Thanks
Title: Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?
Post by: Francis Beaumier on 2002-08-17 08:26 PM
Midi drum sounds as I understand it are different from the standard drum notation. There is a utility in the
Title: Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?
Post by: Francis Beaumier on 2002-08-17 08:28 PM
I'm sorry, I'll try this again. I accidently hit Submit instead of hints... as I was saying: there is a utility to convert the midi notation into standard notation in the scripto (http://nwc-scriptorium.org/) in helpful files
Title: Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?
Post by: chris on 2002-08-18 02:27 PM
There is also a file in the NWC samples folder called "Drumref" which lists the standard MIDI drum sounds along with the correct note for each sound.
Title: Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?
Post by: Marsu on 2002-08-22 10:28 AM
You may also want to see the wonderful tips of Fred (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2449 and D.G.Catt (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2503). Or Ertuðrul's (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2426).
HTH!
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