Create LilyPond sheet music for drum permutations.
usage: drumutation [-h] [--key] [--nsub NSUB] [--nbeat NBEAT] [--nbar NBAR] [-s STICKS] [drums [drums ...]]
Create LilyPond sheet music for drum permutations.
positional arguments:
drums drum elements to permute
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--key drum notation key
--nsub NSUB number of subdivisions
--nbeat NBEAT number of beats
--nbar NBAR number of bars (measures)
-s STICKS, --sticking STICKS
drum sticking elements to permute
The first few pages (5-7) of George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer are permutations of two bar, right (R) and left (L) hand sticking patterns over 16th notes.
These exercises can be generated using the following command.
$ drumutation --nsub 4 --nbeat 2 --sticking RL sn sn > stick-control.ly
--nsub 4: The subdivision of each beat (pulse) is 4, i.e., 16th notes--nbeat 2: Find all two beat permutations (eight 16th notes)--sticking RL sn sn: Permute the snare (sn) with R and L hand sticking combinations
There are 256 possible two bar patterns. Drumutation outputs LilyPond sheet music that can be rendered using
$ lilypond stick-control.ly
The output is the seven page PDF stick-control.pdf.
- Only the 4/4 time signature is currently implemented.
The following drum elements can be permuted. The syntax mostly follows LilyPond's percussion notation.
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| sn | Snare |
| sa | Snare Accent |
| sg | Snare Ghost Note |
| ss | Snare Side Stick (Cross Stick) |
| hh | Hi-Hat |
| hhc | Hi-Hat Closed |
| hho | Hi-Hat Open |
| hhho | Hi-Hat Half-Open |
| cymr | Ride Cymbal |
| rb | Ride Bell |
| bd | Bass Drum |
| bd2 | Bass Drum 2 |
| hhp | Hi-Hat Pedal (chick) |
| hhs | Hi-Hat Splash |
| t1 | Rack Tom |
| t2 | Floor Tom |
| t3 | High Rack Tom |
| t4 | Low Rack Tom |
| t5 | Floor Tom |
| cymc | Crash Cymbal |
| cyms | Splash Cymbal |
| cymch | China Cymbal |
| cb | Cowbell |
A four piece drum kit is usually notated using t1 and t2, and a
five piece kit with t3, t4, and t5.