How do you notate a timpani roll?
Nowadays notated as a tremolo at one pitch (= two sticks on one kettledrum) or one after the other or as a chord consisting of two pitches. Either as sixteenths (measured) or thirty-seconds (unmeasured). Before the 20th century the roll was indicated by the trill sign.
How do you notate a roll in Musescore?
Click on the new note in the Drum input palette. Click above or below the existing note in the percussion staff.
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Mouse
- Select the note or rest where you want to start. ...
- Press N to enter note input mode. ...
- Set note duration.
- Choose one of the following options:
What is timpani roll?
Timpani rolls are hand to hand single stroke rolls and are unlike snare drum that are bounce or buzz rolls. To develop a good timpani roll you must: have a nice and relaxed grip. play on the optimal playing spot on the drum. let your mallets and hands and wrists rebound off of the timpani head.