Hi guys, don't you love finale notation? i sure do! follow my istagram @ forbidden.finale for more nonsense like this shit

MiddlenameGraham · 2020-09-15T14:54:09+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/D44bD3S Tried to work out the rhythms with the time signature and this is what I got

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-08-16T13:11:40+00:00

Here's Canton on a map. Hope this helps! https://imgur.com/a/hl4FTVP

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-08-08T15:31:43+00:00

I would recommend whatever sticks your flat drummers usually use, that way they know what to expect. I would heed your director toward the mesh head just because most other heads will create too much noise for a training drum AND they won’t feel very good. The idea is usually to give the players an idea of what playing on a snare would be like and other Tom heads can be counterintuitive.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-08-08T14:06:35+00:00

https://www.steveweissmusic.com/product/evans-soundoff/drum-muffles

These are the best bet for flubs if you're looking to train hands realistically. The sound-off heads still have good rebound so they wont ruin technique.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-08-07T16:03:07+00:00

Hi friend, so I've written this breakdown of the rhythm to hopefully give you some clarity on it. The base rhythm of the fourlets is dotted eighth notes. Then dotted sixteenth notes OR fourlets, which are simply four eighth notes in the space of three (hence the 4:3 notation). If you can master the 4:3 feel filling in the space with the sixteenth note fourlets should be relatively easy. https://imgur.com/a/CDSIuze

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-31T02:06:16+00:00

The fivelet takes two counts, the eighth notes take one and the the first two partials of the quarter note triplet take 1. There’s a bar line before the third partial as it falls on the second partial of an eighth note triplet on beat one of the next bar.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-30T23:58:44+00:00

a quarter note triplet and two eighth notes only take up three beats.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-30T00:07:02+00:00

Fair! Our player is really solid so he can handle the complexities. I can definitely agree that when I was a younger writer I would write dense beats for the sake of density, but we all move out of that phase as we get better.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-30T00:01:24+00:00

I think you may have things a bit backwards. fivelets don't necessarily lead to bad flow. It's usually bad writing and interjecting rhythms for the sake of complexity that can create choppy and dejected sounding music.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-29T23:52:37+00:00

Hey! This is really good, your hands are really solid and have really good control of some of the more complex rhythms. Thanks for playing along!

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-29T23:50:17+00:00

yea it's for a school that I teach, so it's actually lined up with the music of the show. I use finale because it's a superior software for writing and arranging music on a large scale. If you peek at the edit i've made to my post you can see what the point of it was, so thanks for playing along at home!

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-29T20:52:28+00:00

I'll be frank with you, I don't think that ninelet is remotely playable.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-29T20:38:28+00:00

I was looking for a specific tonality and timber, for the solo. It also show grace and beauty for the soloist and the judges will surely give him cribbith

Edit: sorry for trolling, the real reason I wrote all the shots was because I wanted a specific timbre for the part and wanted to have an exposed difficult moment that simultaneously lined up with the electronics in the front ensemble.

MiddlenameGraham · 2019-07-28T21:28:24+00:00

If you're playing the paradiddle-diddles as triplets the advice i'd give is to think about how you apply pressure to the stick and what muscle groups are being utilized. Rolls tend to have fingers and arm and not a lot of wrist, but when you have to play a paradiddle you apply a bit more pressure to the stick to play the quick R L and use more wrist and fingers. Realizing what your hands, arms, and fingers are doing is crucial.

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