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MusiCAD has enough features to accomodate all sort of drum kit notation.

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Although standard drum kit notation isn't really available - there are several "standards" - MusiCAD can adapt to all such standards.

 

drum kit item

position

display

bassdrum

D4

 

floortom

F4

 

low tom

A4

 

mid tom

B4

 

high tom

E4

 

snaredrum

 C5

x

hihat

G5

x

hihat open

G5

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ride

F5

x

 

As with all voices with complex notation, when entering notes you should first find the route along the shortest notes. In this case the hihat has a beat on every 1/8, so that's easy: select 1/8 duration using <8> drop a note on the top line of the staff (at the G5 location) with <Enter> and use <shift X> to change the dot in an X. Repeat that 8 times.

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By the way, the open hihat requires <shift-Y> instead of <shift-X>

 

Now we have to deal with the two fast notes 1/16 at C5 and D4 followed by a G5 at 1/8. Asuming overwrite mode is switched on, just split the seventh 1/8 note in two using <F7>. Use the arrow key down to arrive at C5 and hit <Insert> to add the snaredrum-dot at C5. move right to the second 1/16th and move that to the intended position using <->. Use <shift-X> to make it a dot again.

Back to the first note, and add a bassdrum at D4 using <insert>. To add the snaredrum at C5 use <insert> once more at the correct position. That's about it.

 

see also:

Drum kit notation
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