Re: Is there a glyph? (or something) to indicate a clap in a vocal piece?

[David Kastrup]

Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm transcribing a pub song, and at one point, there's a lyric
> "(clap)(clap)" with "X X" on the staff.
>
> I've seen that one can have a "\drum {hc4 hc4}" but I want something like a
> layout of "| e4. a4. | X X g8 |" in 6/8 time all on one staff -- which I
> guess in MIDI would probably be something like "r8 hc8 r8 hc8 r4" in a drum
> track (voice?) for that measure with the claps...

Something like

\new OneStaff {
  \new Staff {
    \time 6/8
    e4. a4. |
    \drums \with { \omit TimeSignature } { r8 hc8 r8 hc8 r4 } |
    a2.
  }
}

maybe ?

-- 
David Kastrup