frisch reingekommen die Stellungnahme von Dennis DeLucia, seines Zeichens ebenfalls Rudiment-Experte bei VicFirth. Ich fasse das Ganze mal kurz zusammen:
Der 11str. in Wilcoxon Solo 142 wird höchstwahrscheinlich in quintolischer Aufteilung gespielt. Die beiden Gespensternoten (Drag) vor dem Abschlag sind ein Relikt aus Tagen merkwürdiger Notationen...
Auch ein Wirbel wie der 15str. über die Länge einer punktierten Viertel in "Monumental Two-Four" wird anhand der "landing points" (ein Begriff den ich hier mal verwende) gespielt.
bruce&emmett monumental two-four_kl.gif
Dies wird traditionell so gemacht, dass der Trommler das "feel" des 15er-Wirbels in diesen Zeitraum legt, jedoch NICHT mathematisch an diese Sache herangeht. (Es geht also nicht darum nun eine 7 über 3 Polyrhythmik zu entwickeln, um diesen Roll zu spielen!). Es gibt Anfangs- und Endpunkt - und dieser Zeitraum wird mit der entsprechenden Anzahl von Schlägen gefüllt. Das ist der Ansatz wie ich ihn auch im Scottish Pipe Band Drumming kennengelernt habe (von daher muss ich meine Aussage über Wilcoxon im früheren Posting wohl zurücknehmen )
Zusätzlich schreibt Dennis, dass die Rolls im Laufe der Zeit "geschrumpft" sind, da die Märsche immer schneller gespielt wurden. D. h. aus dem 11str. wurde ein simpler 9str. und aus dem 15str. ein mathematischer "korrekter" 13str.
Hier das Original:
(Die PDF-Datei dazu krieg ich hier als Bild leider nicht hochgeladen, weil isch zu blöd zum umwandeln in rschdigge dadeiformad )
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Thanks for forwarding such interesting "drum-talk" questions! I'll do my best to address them.
The roll is to a drummer what a long-tone [sustain] is to a brass player. It's the way musicians play full note durations. In the "ancient" style of drumming [American fife and drum corps, military drumming prior to the mid/late twentieth century], tempos were typically in the range of 92-110 beats per minute. Therefore, in order to create a "sustain", the rolls had to contain more beats in order to fill up the space of a quarter note, or half note, or dotted quarter, or even an eighth-note.
In the twentieth century, military bands moved the tempo up to 120. Drum and bugle corps have moved the tempos up much faster, often between 132 and 160, or even to 180-200! As a result, the 7-stroke roll became a 5-stroke; the 11-stroke roll [when played as a full quarter note] became a 9-stroke; and a 15-stroke roll became a 13-stroke, simply because they fit better into the faster tempos and yet still created a good "sustain" [roll].
I've hand-written some examples that might address your specific questions. The numbers in parentheses refer to the numbers on that page:
The 7-stroke roll can be played as an eighth-note by using a single-stroke-four as the underlying rhythm [#1]. It can also be played with sixteenth-notes underneath, starting on "e" [#2]. It is almost always written as an eighth-note, serving as a pickup roll [#3]. In the U.S., the chosen interpretation often indicated where the player came from, in the same way various dialects and speech patterns would indicate whether someone is from Boston or Mississippi. The 5-stroke roll can be started either "on" the beat or "off" the beat [as a pickup roll] with 2 sixteenths and a release as the underlying rhythm [#4].
The 11-stroke roll as written in the Wilcoxin piece is PROBABLY meant to be played as a smooth quarter-note roll tied to the next beat. As such, the Wilcoxin notation, a quarter note into two grace-notes, might be a result of the notation of his day. Personally, I would write it as a quarter note tied to the next beat, with the number 11 over it to indicate 11 strokes [#7]. You could interpret the roll by "feel" ONLY [probably the way players learned it] or you could apply a quintuplet figure underlying the roll [#7]. PAS lists the 11-stroke roll as one of the 40 Rudiments, and writes it as in #5. You could start the roll on "a" and attach it to a quarter note roll [#6]. As tempos increased, the 9-stroke roll became the standard "quarter-note" roll, since it works mathematically well, with 4 sixteenths underlying the roll [#8 and 9].
The 15-stroke roll has NO mathematical basis when played as a dotted quarter, the way it is usually written [as in the Bruce and Emmett piece]. "Ancient" style players simply learn the "feel" of the roll, attacking on "and", releasing 1 1/2 beats later. The roll is written to contain 13 strokes [#10 and 12] but is played with 15 strokes. You might see it written as in example #11, where it IS mathematically correct. The 13-stroke roll replaced the 15 as tempos became faster. The 13 IS mathematically correct, with sixteenths underlying the roll [#12 and 13].
I hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Dennis DeLucia
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EDIT::
Herr Wessels war im Urlaub, daher etwas verspätet seine Antwort:
In general, any 'old-school' rudimental solos (written before the 1960's)
had lots of these types of rudiments that were just 'fudged' into the time
slot allowed. Listening to really old recordings, I've noticed that almost
all of the drummers started out with a definite roll skeleton, then
increased the speed towards the end -- which added a direction to the
phrasing (with a slight crescendo). Or, they would play with a definite
16th note roll base and simply extend the downbeat by a 16th note, which
creates an odd kind of tempo-lag.
For my younger students, I usually just had them play it with a 16th base
(15 or 7 strokes as 'tap-rolls') since that's the most common way in modern
interpretation.
But the tradition way is much more fun on a rope drum and really creates an
authentic sound.
Hope that helps!
Mark
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Dann hab ich nochmal nachgefragt, wie er den zweiten Absatz genau meint:
Thanks a lot again, Mark, for your response!
Your explaination in the first part helped a lot(somehow I like the idea of "fudging";-)) butI think didn't get the meaning of the second part:
>For my younger students, I usually just had them play it with a 16th base
> (15 or 7 strokes as 'tap-rolls') since that's the most common way in modern
>interpretation.
You would play the notated 11str. (I'm still talking of the Solo #142!!) as a 7str. tap roll? Then you would end on the same hand...
Sorry for being so "exact", but I really want to understand you correctly!
>>Jo
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Mark Wessels schrieb:
for the 11, I guess it depends on the kid. For most intermediate students,
it's not going to warp their minds to learn to play a quintuplet roll
base... and I'm guessing that if they are on #142, they aren't beginners.
triplet based 7 stroke rolls aren't all that difficult to teach either. but
I've always found that teaching 15 stroke rolls as 7:6 a little difficult -
even to intermediate players.
That's just my interpretation... by no means take it as the final word on
the subject! :0)
M
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Speziell die Sache mit dem tempomässigen Anziehen des Wirbels hatten wir hier noch nicht.
"OldSchool"-Militätrommler spielten (und spielen) eben einfach einen sehr unakademischen Stil, der vielen (mich eingeschlossen) erst mal komisch anmutet, aber wohl aus der langen Tradition herrührt, in der die Figuren und Märsche "by rote" weitergegeben wurden (also durch vor-und Nachspielen) und nicht durch eine formale Ausbildung.
Ich finde dass äusserst interessant, da es zeigt dass ein rhythmisches Bauchgefühl wichtiger ist als mathematisches Verständnis.
Leider haben sich scheinbar mittlerweile fast alle am Thema beteiligten aus diesem Thread verabschiedet, ich grüße daher alle noch verbliebenen: Ihr seid die Harten!!! (Is halt kein Doppelhuf-Thread, hahaha )