[solved] What is this mysterious stamp all about?

• May 30, 2022 - 14:30

stamp.mscz stamp.mid Here I have a very simple musescore score created by transforming a simple midi into a musescore:

As it can be seen, the drum set beats were transformed into an instrument named as "stamp".
The problem is I couldn't find that instrument in the list of musescore standard instruments (the one that opens up by clicking on the "sound" button on the mixer)
Not only so, but I couldn't it even find such musical instrument called "stamp" on the Wikipedia.
Can anyone, please, explain what this instrument is all about and why musescore transforms percussion into that stamp instead of using other percussion instruments?

Comments

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 14:42

Score and MIDI needed.
Maybe it is "Stomp"?

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 14:45

How can I attach a MIDI file here?

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 14:47

See How To attach a file

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 15:03

Ah! Thank you. I didn't know that files of so many various extensions are allowed to be attached here.
I just attached the score and the midi file to the first message of this thread. They are inserted in the very beginning of it.

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 15:28

OK, It is "Stomp". It is "Stampfen" in German when I import that MIDI, and apparently "Stamp" in your language (Dutch?), but should be "Stomp" in English.

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 15:36

Thank you. My first language is Russian. But the MIDI file was created using a piece of software in English. And the Musescore that I am using (which, therefore, was used to transform that midi file into a score) is also in English. It is strange that it chose the word "Stamp" instead of "Stomp".

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 15:33

Hmm, no, it is actually "Stamp" in English too:

            <Instrument id="stamp">
                  <longName>Stamp</longName>
                  <shortName>Sta.</shortName>
                  <description>Stamp</description>
                  <musicXMLid>effect.stamp</musicXMLid>
                  <clef>PERC</clef>
                  <stafftype staffTypePreset="perc1Line">percussion</stafftype>
                  <barlineSpan>1</barlineSpan>
                  <drumset>1</drumset>
                  <singleNoteDynamics>0</singleNoteDynamics>
                  <Drum pitch="35"> <!--Acoustic Bass Drum-->
                        <head>normal</head>
                        <line>0</line>
                        <voice>0</voice>
                        <name>Stamp</name>
                        <stem>1</stem>
                        <shortcut>A</shortcut>
                  </Drum>
                  <Channel>
                        <!--MIDI: Bank 128, Prog 0; MS General: Standard-->
                        <controller ctrl="0" value="1"/> <!--Bank MSB-->
                        <program value="0"/> <!--Standard Kit-->
                  </Channel>
                  <genre>common</genre>
                  <genre>popular</genre>
                  <genre>choral</genre>
                  <genre>classroom</genre>
            </Instrument>

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 15:38

I see. I have no idea what percussion instrument that would be.

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 15:41

I'm pretty sure it means stomp

SteveBlower

• May 30, 2022 - 15:43

Stomp in US English vs Stamp in UK English?

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 15:50

Nah, it is "Stamp" in the sources, so should be US English

Hmm, then again "effect.stamp" stems from MusicXML and some of the driving forces behind MusicXML are British, so maybe you're right and they scewed this one up too (similar to "ledger line" vs. "leger line").

I've asked them, see https://github.com/w3c/musicxml/issues/463

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 15:55

Cambridge says that in the US English "stomp" is also ok:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/stamp

Jojo-Schmitz

• May 30, 2022 - 16:02

Sigh, so it is and US vs. UK thing...

Ziya Mete Demircan

• May 30, 2022 - 19:53

Stomp (or stompbox or foot-drum) is a wooden box. It is placed under the foot. Guitarists use it like a bass drum. There are acoustic and electric versions.
Some guitarists even use the Cajon instrument instead (by attaching a foot-pedal).

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 23:25

"Stomp (or stompbox or foot-drum) is a wooden box. It is placed under the foot. Guitarists use it like a bass drum. There are acoustic and electric versions"
- Do you have any link? I've always thought of a stompbox as of a guitar signal distorting tool.

innerthought

• May 30, 2022 - 15:45

I see. Thank you.

Jm6stringer

• May 31, 2022 - 00:25

What is this mysterious stamp all about?

Popular technique in ragtime piano music.
First few bars of Joplin's "Stoptime Rag". Observe the instructions:

innerthought

• May 31, 2022 - 00:36

WOW! You've nailed it. Thank you!