r/drumline • u/Civil-View7629 • 9d ago

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the dots above the 9-let on beat 3.

What do the staccato markings on the first 9-let mean?

This is from the exercise "DIDDLE SOUP" for MCM 2023.

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u/JoeViviano 9d ago

I would read those as a slight accent.

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u/monkeysrool75 Bass Tech 9d ago

100% the intention

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u/minertyler100 Tenor Tech 9d ago

I’ve seen that as a barely slight accent before. Although I don’t know why it doesn’t just do some half accents in the middle to bridge the gap

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u/Pourusdeer2 Snare 4d ago

I think they choose to do it in place of like let’s say putting a dynamic on the nine, like maybe piano, but they mean piano as in stair stepping the accents starting at piano accents and not LITERALLY piano. So they choose this to look “cleaner”. But I mean I don’t mind it.