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Anyone know exactly what this drum notation figure means and how to program it?

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Submitted by DogsoverLava on

It's the slash through the snare hit on the "a" of beat 2 in measure 33. Some kind of roll of flam or diddle? This is from Zeppelin's Ten Years Gone.



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DogsoverLava

kmetal, post: 457576, member: 37533 wrote: I’m pretty sure @DonnyThompson is a drummer as well as singer and guitarist. He might know the answer to this. I’m not sure who around here is classically trained, particularly for drums.

Thanks man -- I did have someone reach out to me and say it usually means a double strike, so in this case two 32nd notes

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 21:07 Permalink
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Ya -- I had to dig deep into drum notation to confirm that I was not a drag because lots of folks thought it was a drag but Donny is right that it's a double stroke. I also learned that there's still some issues with creating a standard notation for drums but I found one of the bibles here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966492811/?tag=r06fa-20

Sat, 06/09/2018 - 22:19 Permalink