Tying Mark tree notes together
I am using the Mark Tree instrument, and I want it to play continously throughout 3 measures (standard 4/4 time signature). I have three notes tied together (a dotted half note, to a whole note, to an eighth note). I assumed if I put a tie beween the notes, the sound would continue playing throughout the duration, but it doesn't. Any help with this?
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That doesn't really make sense to me; the sound is a single stroke normally. I guess maybe you are envisioning something moving their hand back and forth across the bars? That would be separate notes.
In reply to That doesn't really make… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, someone moving their hand back and forth, continuously. That is typically how the instrument is played, no? Even if the music calls for the person
I don't want seperate notes. If I do that, the the sound dies down at the end of one measure, then starts back up again on the next measure/note. I want it to be continuous. Is there no way to do this?
It seems weird that you can't tie two whole notes togetehr and just have the sound keep playing. That doesn't make sense to me. It's not a single stoke note, like hitting a drum or something.
In reply to Yes, someone moving their… by Cole Hoffman
I have never seen music notated the way you describe. but then, I'm not a professional percussionist. Do you have examples from published music that suggests this would be a common way to notate this?
In my (limited) experience, there is a separate note for each stroke. Often it's just one stroke, so just one note. That's how it is described in Kennan/Grantham "Techniques of Orchestration" and how I learned it in school - a single note indicates a single stroke, the duration of the note indicating how long the tubes should be allowed to vibrate, not how long you move your hand.
Back and forth continuously does happen sometimes but I wouldn't say it's "typically" how it's played. If you don't wish to indicate individual notes for each stroke as I am suggesting, you could add a tremolo marking I guess and probably people would figure it out. But there would be a big difference in sound between someone doing one stroke per measure versus one stroke per beat versus something else; I'd think you'd would want to clarify how fast you want the strokes to be.
In reply to Yes, someone moving their… by Cole Hoffman
When you use a slur (instead of a tie), then the sounds continues.
At the moment Muse Sounds Mark Tree (according to the drumset) only allows to trigger the glis down.
According the Muse Sounds info, both glis down and up are available.
It seems to work to use a the arpeggio down to change the sound.