Talk:Drum tablature

Tab vs notation
Oi! wouldnt it b much easier if all the tabs were in nots instead of all the Xs and Os nd stuff?


 * Yes, but tabs are free.

I don't really know what you're talking about, but the X's and O's are used to distinguish Open from Closed on Hi Hat, so you can't change that. Capitilization is for Dynamics, which makes sense enough... There needs to be some sort of addition on how to notate Rudiments as well, because those are very handy if you have a drumline that needs a cadence fast but can't sightread drum music. Make sense?

Removed links
I removed 2 links from the bottom, as the sites are obviously innacurate. one of them had Led Zeppelin spelt "Led Leppelin" and they are a good example of poorly designed html sites--66.203.178.170 00:10, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

triplets?
how do you visualize/ note triplets in tablatures? or do they use 3x - like:

x---x---x---x quarter notes

and if you want to have triplets

x-x-x-x quarter notes x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x triplets

like that? Unrealshade 195.14.207.23 (talk) 23:16, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


 * im pretty sure they write a "3" above the triplet, almost exacly like regular notation.Brando26000 (talk) 00:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Terminology
What's the difference between “loose” and “open” hi hat? —Michael Z. 2012-08-13 06:41 z 

A loose hi hat is a slightly opened hi hat. The top- and bottom hats are still touching when striking it. They are not when the hi hat is fully opened. The hi hat is a versatile instrument that can generate a myriad of different sounds, which is why the difference in notation is significant. The drum tab notation, although being archaic already, allows for these kind of small differences. (Yes, I know Wikipedia isn't a Q&A and I'm reacting to a 4 year old post. Still felt like getting this out there.) Aleneen (talk) 17:05, 21 February 2016 (UTC)