Where is my bass drum in a Drumset?
I am trying to create a percussion part that will have "Closed Hi Hat", Snare Drum, and Bass Drum. I have tried to Edit the drumset and can't find the bass drum sound or staff location. I would make it voice 2 with stems down. Snare and Hi Hat Voice 1. I am including the image of what I see for the staff locations for various hits. Where do I find the Bass Drum so I can add it to my part?
Thanks.
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The bass drum is B1 or C2 (AKA note 35 or 36). One way to find it (and other sounds) is to open up the piano keyboard and try various keys to find the sound you want.
One more thing: The default drumset instrument already has those instruments, and the bass drum is already in voice 2 (which BTW automatically has stems down). Just curious, why are you completely remaking it?
In reply to The bass drum is C2 (AKA… by ThePython10110
Thank you. It turns out that I had made the part originally "Percussion" and the bass drum didn't show up. I removed that part and added a drumset for the "Jazz category" and was able to create the Snare, closed Hi Hat and Bass drum on the staff. Thanks.
Another question if I may, how would create a part that would have a tom drum and cowbell for the same player?
Thanks.
In reply to Thank you. It turns out… by XR_Racer
Just use another Drumset same instrument and use those sounds. You really don't need to do all that customization since those sounds are defined by default, but you might at least customize the new instrument's shortcuts to make those notes easy to enter.
In reply to Just use another Drumset… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you Marc.
I was just trying that as you were suggesting it. How do I customize the instruments shortcuts?
Alan
In reply to Thank you Marc. I was just… by XR_Racer
Same "Edit drumset" dialog you were in before - the shortcut controls are toward the lower right. No need to do anything else unless you feel like removing the other notes just to simplify the palette.
In reply to Same "Edit drumset" dialog… by Marc Sabatella
Great, and as I was looking at it, I could save those changes for a specific "Template" in the future that would be different from the default. Is that correct?
In reply to Great, and as I was looking… by XR_Racer
Yes, you can either save the drumset definition itself from within that dialog, or save your score to your Templates folder and then select it when creating new scores in the future, so they will automatically contain this and other customizations.
What soundfont are you using, and which preset within it? If it's General MIDI compatible, then the bass drum is at the standard location, MIDI pitch 35. Otherwise, you'll need to consult the documentation for your soundfont to learn if it includes a bass drum sample and if so what MIDI itch triggers it.
In reply to What soundfont are you using… by Marc Sabatella
Marc,
I am using the soundsets that came with Musescore. Please see my response to the previous suggestion. My next challenge is to create a part that has a single line tom part and cowbell for the same player on separate voices.
Thanks