Archive for March 26th, 2008

How do I notate a roll for Timpani?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

This is a question I’ve found that a lot of composers and arrangers ask me – because its something that has changed quite a lot over the years. Timpani rolls used to be notated with a trill marking above, like this: ex1: Although more recently composers have begun using slashes over the note like this: [...]