Rhumbagirl's Grooves

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For comparison, here is my tablature. First thing I notice is my tablature immediately highlights the fact that all the hits on the snare are 'L's. You can't see that with conventional notation.

Verse Groove v3:
|1.....2.....3.....4.....|1.....2.....3.....4.....|
       >           >            >           >    >
|R LR R  RL L  LR R  RL  |R LR R  RL L  LR     R  |   HiHat
|      L           L     |      L           L    L|   Snare
|o    o   o     o        |o    o   o     o    o   |   Kick
|+                    o  |+              o  +  o  |   HH foot
                                              ^^
                                              Replace 'RL' with ' R' on HH

In the regular notation, you indicated the sticking...I'd consider the information that the snare hits are left hands, as clear as it could possibly be, no?

And without trying to rub people the wrong way...I have to say it's a good example of how regular notation is easier to read for me. I can't even imagine what a beat, fill or god forbid, a solo with toms that contains 32nd notes might look like, or how to notate buzzes or doubles, when you've got bar lines ( the | sign represents a bar line, right? ) for every part that don't line up with each other.

 

[rhumbagirl]

I'd consider the information that the snare hits are left hands

I was talking about whether ALL the snare hits are left hands. You can't tell that as easily from conventional notation.