Persian drumming and frame drumming
Hi,
I want to use MuseScore to produce a notation for persian drumming and frame drumming. As there are many different sounds on the persian tombak, normally composers use special symbols on top of the staff to differentiate the sounds. I could use the staff text or a symbol which would be included in the fingering symbol set, if I knew how to include a set of appropriate symbols and where to find those symbols (or font).
Are there any persian drummers in this forum, who have already experience with the notation and know e.g. a font to use?
Ulla
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What kind of symbols? Could you share or point to an example or reference?
In reply to What kind of symbols? Could by David Bolton
Hi David,
I find only one reference on the web, but it's not complete. In my opinion it would be sufficient to use the framedrum notation plus the symbols.
Just to get an impression you can look here: http://www.ghaffari.net/payam/tombak/notation.asp . The symbols the author shows in fact are the basic symbols, but the list is not complete.
The symbol for tom should be flipped horizontally.
The symbols for bak may also be topped by + resp. -.
The symbols for pelang can also be topped with fingerings 1,2,3 or 4.
The eshareh is an ornamentation, which is not represented by a symbol on top of the note, but by putting 1,2 or 3 small notes in front and connecting them with a slur. There are different sorts of such ornamentations. The ornamentations are placed on the line with the other notes.
There is also a repetition symbol used, which means a repetition over 2 measures.
The notation is not standardised, unfortunately, but what I described here is most commonly used by contemporary artists.
By looking at the source code of the above website, I found, that the author is using gif-files. Now, if you decide to introduce this notation, I could try to provide symbols as gif files. You could tell me the dimensions/font size which are required/allowed.
I also asked artist friends, if they know a font, which can be used, but I have to wait for the answer.
If you want to get an impression of how the tonbak sounds, you can go here: www.zarbang.com or search for videos on YouTube.
Ullala