"Xote Swing" Grid Notation Example -- Standard + TUBS (Time unit box system)

I took a percussion score that I recently transcribed and gridified it in Musescore for my fellow bandmates who are accustomed to the simplicity of TUBS. To borrow from Wiki "Time Unit Box System (TUBS) is a simple system for notating events that happen over a period. This system is mostly used for notating rhythms in music. The notation consists of one or more rows of boxes; each box represents a fixed unit of time. Blank boxes indicate that nothing happens during that interval, while a mark in a box indicates that an event occurs at the start of that time interval." In his excellent blog post "Visualizing Rhythm" (http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/my-nyu-masters-thesis/visualizing-rhythm/), Ethan Hein discusses Charlie Hely's hip-hop transcriptions, which were done by quantizing standard western notation spatially on graph paper, a hybrid of standard notation and TUBS. This kind of hybrid notation seems like a good way to help people visualize the symbolic time values of note/rests used in standard notation. I have attached both an image and the original musescore version for those who are interested.

The grid lines were created by reducing the "barline to note" spacing to zero and extending the stems of the tatum notes in the first stave. (Tatum refers to a subdivision of a beat which represents the "time division that most highly coincides with note onsets"). A tatum staff was used to make spacing equivalent, directly proportional, to the actual values of notes and rests. I also change the actual time-signature to 1/4, while keeping the text 2/4, so that each beat was demarked with a barline. I choose the colors red, green, and blue to represent the two triplets of the tatum sextuplet as it is easy to remember (i.e.,RGB). Note that the red lines mark the beginning of each beat and half-beat, Ta and Di. And the double barlines mark each measure.

Xote Swing is based on loops from Celso Alberti (Brazilian Drums & Percussion Vol 1 - Xote Percussion) and Oranic Loops (Traditional Brazilian Percussion - Xote). Transcription for each part was done with the aid of Sonic Visualiser to ensure accuracy. (http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/). Xote belongs to a family of Brazilians rhythms called Ferro, which originated in the Northeastern region. Xote is the slowest of the three main rhythms of forró, the other two being baião (the original forró) and arrasta-pé (the fastest of the three). Xote is considered a binary rhythm, there is strong sense of a down and an up beat, like reggae; However, in this case, Xote Swing is based on a sextuplet swing feel, played on the triangle--which gives it both a binary and ternary quality.

Note heads: x = muted/closed tone (or rimshot); round = open tone; rhombus = stick on resonant head, producing a sharp attack.

Edit: I noticed that some of the sticking (noteheads) of the second Zabumba variation (staff 3) are incorrect. I'll correct it later today and then repost the score.