Percussion (susp. cymbal) notation question
Posted: 27 Aug 2022, 16:37
I have not written very much for percussion, other than very standard notation for the last 40 years.
But I find myself with an effect that I haven't used before (which I am MORE than certain is absolutely standard.. it's just foreign to me): I require after a short roll on a suspended cymbal for the percussionist to very softly "tap" the center of the cymbal, to create a very soft metallic bell-like sound.
Other than to write in text to "tap with the wood of the mallet", is there a symbol that would be recognized more-or-less universally as meaning this?
I know there's a circle with a dot in the center that indicates the center of the cymbal, but does this automatically imply that the performer would spin the mallet around and use the wooden end of that mallet? (I'd much rather have a metal beater of some sort, but out of respect for the instrument and the damage using metal on a cymbal causes, I will settle for wood).
I've tried look up resources online, but keep coming across marching band information, which doesn't apply to orchestral writing in quite the same way.
But I find myself with an effect that I haven't used before (which I am MORE than certain is absolutely standard.. it's just foreign to me): I require after a short roll on a suspended cymbal for the percussionist to very softly "tap" the center of the cymbal, to create a very soft metallic bell-like sound.
Other than to write in text to "tap with the wood of the mallet", is there a symbol that would be recognized more-or-less universally as meaning this?
I know there's a circle with a dot in the center that indicates the center of the cymbal, but does this automatically imply that the performer would spin the mallet around and use the wooden end of that mallet? (I'd much rather have a metal beater of some sort, but out of respect for the instrument and the damage using metal on a cymbal causes, I will settle for wood).
I've tried look up resources online, but keep coming across marching band information, which doesn't apply to orchestral writing in quite the same way.