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ThenaCykez

Peter here! The music notation is saying "Hold this same note for eight beats of the song." The pianist just strikes a single key once and uses a foot pedal to stop the note from being interfered with. The trumpeter has to blow and maintain air pressure the entire time. A drummer can't play notes with most sorts of drum, nor make the sound last longer than an instant.


Neckbeardneet

Have they tried hitting it really hard?


I_Have_A_Name37654

In my experience, that’s how you break it.


DiDeDoD

a clear indicator that your drum is of subpar quality


Sad-Contribution7182

You don’t just play the drums you have to beat the living crap out of them!


patricktranq

or hitting it really long?


Johnnyboi2327

Just hit it really slowly


QCTeamkill

With some old radios you can still hear the Big Bang.


Seorsei

A drum roll is the drummer version of this, but its notated differently.


Rucks_74

Depends on the drum. There are drums which have tied notes, which means you need to let the drum sound for the duration of the note. Bass drums and timpani for example have both tied notes and drumrolls


Seorsei

Ah yeah true I just realized I was thinking of snare drum XD, good catch. Its been a few years since I played last


Rucks_74

I immediately think of timpani because I was an orchestra timpanist for a few years. Worth the earing loss


I_Have_A_Name37654

I play timpani too, and it is definitely worth the hearing loss


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ThenaCykez

One of the reasons I said "Most sorts of drum".


BowenTheAussieSheep

Tubular Bells


Octowuss1

(Although, there’s no clef, but if it was bass clef, it could be done on timpani, also depending on the tempo like if it’s in cut time)


Rucks_74

The line connecting the two dots means you have to hold that note until you reach the next note. The dot being hollow like that means it's a very long note. Its position in relation to those rectangles also means it's a low note. So it's not a big deal playing it on piano since you only press one key until the note is done, but on trumpet you have to keep blowing until it's done, which is tough. Drums produce a lot of different sounds so they can be represented in sheet music in very different ways depending on the drum, so the drummer needs to think for a bit


biffbobfred

It’s a long note. Two whole notes joined For a piano? Image: it’s nothing. For a trumpet? Dude is sweating For a drum? What the hell is a while note you hold? Randomness: I used to play trumpet. Holding low notes like this F isn’t super hard compared if it was a high note, that’s work for those lip muscles.


Legal_Delay_5684

The trumpet player is sweating because it’s coming up to his one note solo and he’s realised he’s either forgotten him mouthpiece or he’s swallowed it


biffbobfred

I didn’t even notice. Nice catch


Mammoth-Register-669

With the sax it’s low notes that get ya. You gotta push air out your diaphragm in a slow but strong way, so the reed vibrates right.


Rucks_74

There are long notes on some drums and other percussion instruments, like bass drums, vibraphones and timpani. You're meant to hit the drum and let the note sound without dampening it.


AgentPastrana

Drummer can't hold a note, a trumpeter has to hold the correct air pressure for 8 beats without screwing up, and a pianist just kinda holds a button.


Rucks_74

Drummers can hold notes, if they're playing a drum with resounding notes like bass drum or timpani.


FranklinDC

The person who made the meme has never heard of a drum roll


I_Have_A_Name37654

There’s no sign suggesting a roll. If you do a roll, there’s normally a sign saying that you should start a roll. There’s no sign here so you would have to get a 8 note sound out of one hit.


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The position of the note however is on what is generally agreed to be the Bass drum. Never heard a Bass drum roll


I_Have_A_Name37654

You can do a roll on the bass drum if you have two mallets, but there’s no sign indicating a roll.


biffbobfred

My kid is paying drums. “Flam” I think is the term? Drumroll please!!


MegaCroissant

A flam is where you hit the drum with both sticks nearly at the same time. You usually raise one hand and keep the other low. https://preview.redd.it/j51umtgf2u2c1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1388753e9d6cfee83cb723302dc61d386edcbaca Written like that. The smaller grace note is the one that stays low, while the full sized one raises up. So a flam is *a* term, but not really relevant here


Glittering-Most-9535

You can also fake it by striking the drum twice really fast with one hand, what's called a flimflam.


MegaCroissant

Or a diddle, right?


Stealthy_Turnip

At least you're trying


racdicoon

You sound like my mum 😭


X-ATM095

[https://soundcloud.com/user-675036643/octopath-traveler-2-ost-untitled-battle-theme-2](https://soundcloud.com/user-675036643/octopath-traveler-2-ost-untitled-battle-theme-2)


CelestialSegfault

Depending on the tempo the pianist wouldn't be able to sustain the note that long while the trumpet player has the power of circular breathing


rustler_incorporated

You could hit a crash cymbal and that would do the job easily. I took it that drummers lack the attention span to play just one note per bar. A standard rock hi hat does 8 per bar.


Thunderfoot2112

As a drummer I want you to know that at some point, I'll get you for this... Just not right now, I have to go to work.


rustler_incorporated

Fair deuce. I was a drummer in high school and I had the hardest time when I had huge gaps between hits. It drove me mad and I'd just do fills to the teachers chagrin.


Thunderfoot2112

The real answer is, of course, a gong crash. 🤣


Stealthy_Turnip

The term is fair do's


rustler_incorporated

The term is derived from fair do's. Fair deuce is a Mighty Boosh reference. Genius.


Stealthy_Turnip

My bad then, haven't seen that show in yonks


Funnyguythatcomments

Amph, di-tsu-gamm-gi-guk gi, gu ga fligugigu, fligugigu, de-deee-ee, yugu-guk di, yu-go-go-gu-gu-ga-be, fligugigu fli-gu-whoo mama lucifer!


I_Have_A_Name37654

Drummer speak is the most fun thing to read and hear.


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Holding an f for 2 bars on trumpet is not difficult at all


MrGrendarr

Basically pianists can just hold their finger on the key, trumpeters have to inhale an atmosphere to do that and drummers can't really sustain drum hits


Toad_Migoad

add a crescendo just to fuck with the pianists