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On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?

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

Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?

Reply #1 –
Midi drum sounds as I understand it are different from the standard drum notation. There is a utility in the

Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?

Reply #2 –
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 in helpful files

Re: On sheet music,which drum note is what instrument?

Reply #3 –
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.