Thanks Wavelength! I actually do have the rests in there in measures 7-17, but the notation software has an option to hide "useless rests". I turn this on when editting to make things less cluttered. I forgot to turn it off.
This brings up a great point though. When does it make more sense to use a dotted note versus a non dotted note and a rest? Technically speaking drums have no sustain so in theory everything should be a 32nd note with lots of rests. That would obviously be cumbersome so we use larger note values, but there seems to be a lot of unwritten rules, because you don't always use the full note values. It's very rarely that I see a snare or bass hit written as a half or whole note. If you did, you'd see 2 and 4 on the snare written like this:
So for a bass hit on 1 and the "&" of 2 should the bass hit on one be a dotted quarter or should it be a quarter with an eighth note rest? I looked through a couple of Hal Leonard books I have and guess what? I see it being done both ways. So I guess the question is which is the more standard of the two ways?
Thanks for the tip about not letting notes cross the middle of a measure! I did not know than and often wondered why I'd see tied notes sometimes. Now I know!
For measures 22 onward you suggest writing the last cross stick as a dotted quarter. Is there a reason I wouldn't also write the first cross stick as a dotted quarter as well?
I went ahead and made all the changes you suggest. Thank so much! I really appreciate the mentoring!
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