Re: Add an alternative Drum Style - agostini-drums-style (issue 150860044 by address@hidden)

[dak]

On 2014/09/24 17:53:33, fgohier49 wrote:
> On 2014/09/24 14:08:39, dak wrote:
> > On 2014/09/24 13:56:36, fgohier49 wrote:
> > > On 2014/09/24 12:11:12, dak wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Any chance we can get this information from the original patch
author, or
> > does
> > > > someone else need to do the respective research?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am not aware about the life of Dante Agostini, I was thinking
with this
> > > comment your were more than me.
> > > Can we extract some informations from any website to use here ? I
am not
> > > confident with this.
> >
> > The life of Agostini is not really important.  What would be
important would
> be
> > for LilyPond users to know when and why to use this notation.  There
has to be
> > some reason you want to see it added to LilyPond: this notation has
to be used
> > _somewhere_.  So the question is _where_ this notation is being
used.

> Hello,

> this notation is used by almost all french drummers. His school is
know
> developped in all french big towns, in more, Dusseldorf (Germany),
Bâle
> (Schweiz), Athens (Greece), Pordenonde & Udine (Italy), Rabat (Maroc),
without
> take in count all other teachers which are not linked directly to the
school.
> His method is written in french, english, spanish & german.
> It seems the most used notation in europe

Well, that sounds slightly relevant indeed.  How about:

Invented by the French percussionist Dante Agostini in 1965, this
notation is commonly employed in France but also elsewhere.

I think that's enough history and gives a sketch about where it can be
expected to be used.

https://codereview.appspot.com/150860044/