Re: Drum Roll Reply #1 – 2002-10-12 11:23 pm On a drum staff (a staff set to channel 10) put a base clef and use the note just below the first ledger under the clef (it would be a D). Make the duration 32nd notes and if you want vary them a little so it sounds more realistic Quote Selected
Re: Drum Roll Reply #5 – 2002-10-18 06:23 am With both feet on the floor and holding on to the handrails. Quote Selected
Re: Drum Roll Reply #6 – 2002-10-18 03:56 pm Sorry I'm so late... To do it for a timpani, DO NOT use channel ten use a regular channel, and select timpani from the instrument tab in the staff properties. Use the pitch of the note to select the pitch of the timpany. Quote Selected
Re: Drum Roll Reply #7 – 2002-10-19 02:52 am Many people also use two different pitches, say a B and a C for a rolling B. I avoid this because it sounds like an out-of-tune timpani to me. I also use a sustain pedal (yes, as is used for piano parts) to help achieve a more realistic sound. Quote Selected
Re: Drum Roll Reply #8 – 2002-10-20 11:42 am Depending on your soundcard/font, sustain or just plain legato/slur over the repeated notes can make things sound better. Another tip is to accent the first one or two notes in a roll (particularly a loud one) to emphasise the attack. Where there is a roll followed by a rest, or at the end of a piece, you may also have to replace the repeated notes with one or more rests so that the timp. stops playing when everyone else does; this applies to string tremolos also. Quote Selected
Re: Drum Roll Reply #9 – 2002-11-06 11:58 pm >>How do you do a drum roll?<<Depending on your sound card, one single note can play the whole roll. In my case, it's the F waaaaay down on the staff. Start from the normal F, then go down two octaves. That's where my drum roll is.As for timpani, I just write what sounds good. I usually use sixteenth triplets, or thirty-seconds. Quote Selected
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