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To ask if anyone here plays the drums? Help needed with grade 1

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wobblewobblewhoopwhoop · 06/07/2021 20:12

DD has her g1 exam in two weeks. She just asked me to ask "any question" from the back of the book (the general musicianship"questions)
The first one is "what are the drum voices on the stave?" It's like I'm taking in Martian. Apparently she has never heard this before and has no clue what I'm taking about. I have no clue either but I haven't been having weekly lessons for a year Hmm

Google is not helping. So can anyone here help? I'm not sure she understands the other questions either TBH (but her playing is great...)

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JC12345 · 06/07/2021 20:14

Can you ask her teacher? She should have covered everything she needs to know in her lessons.

Lupinhere37 · 06/07/2021 20:17

Well my Dad used to be a drummer. He’ll be glued to the football right now but I can ask him when it’s over if that helps?

TimeIhadaNameChange · 06/07/2021 20:23

Not a drummer, but it seems each drum is given its own 'note' on the stave so the drummer knows which one to hit. See this, taken from Wiki:

To ask if anyone here plays the drums? Help needed with grade 1
careerchangeperhaps · 06/07/2021 20:27

Yes as @TimeIhadaNameChange said, it's asking where each drum is shown on the stave (instead of a musical note, they talk about drum 'voices'). Does this article help:

www.hwdrumstudio.com/post/drum-voices-on-the-stave-drum-notation-explained

wobblewobblewhoopwhoop · 06/07/2021 20:49

@careerchangeperhaps and @TimeIhadaNameChange thank you! Now it makes perfect sense, and she's able to identify them correctly. But I will speak with her teacher about the wording not making sense to her.
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