![]() First, the default behavior for a half-open hi-hat is to have a circled X note head rather than a slashed circle ornamentation. Immediately, we can see there are two things that need to be addressed. Here’s a quick file which shows the available default hi-hat behaviors. Let’s start by looking at the default hi-hat behavior in LilyPond. So for this one cymbal, we are faced with having to potentially represent six different sound events, each of which must be uniquely noted. It can often be important to distinguish between striking a closed, open, or half-open hi-hat, and in addition, when stepping the hi-hat you must also distinguish between a normally stepped and a ringing, or flanged step. There are particular challenges when transcribing the hi-hat. In the next lesson we will look at the placement of accents in multi-voiced drum parts. However, what if we have a situation in which both the hi-hat and the snare must be accented for the same beat? LilyPond will not allow you to place two accents on the same note, so the first thing you have to do is to create a text markup which contains the accent symbol’s music glyph. Now there is no ambiguity about which is accented - the snare or the hi-hat. This is done by overriding the Script’s Y-offset parameter and setting it to the -0.5 position (space just below the center line), as in the following example. To place the accent within the staff, though, we have to manually specify where the markup should be placed. Placing the accent above or below the staff is easy enough by using the carat ( ^) or underscore ( _) markup indicators. To eliminate this ambiguity, a standard I have adopted is, accents for cymbals go above the staff, accents for feet go below the staff, and accents for the snare go inside the staff, in the space just below the center line. The point is, there is ambiguity here which could potentially change how the music is performed. On the other hand, if you are used to seeing ghost notes noted with parentheses, then you might assume that the hi-hat should be accented instead. To illustrate this point, take a look at the following sample groove.ĭo the accents on beats 2 and 4 mean that the hi-hat should be accented or the snare drum? Contextually, you could argue that it makes more sense to accent the snare drum on 2 and 4, and that the unaccented snare drum on the “a” of beat 2 should be treated as a ghost note. When dealing with a multi-voiced drum part, placement of accents can be particularly problematic.
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