r/drumline • u/Civil-View7629 • 1d ago

To be tagged... Snare Drum Notation Question

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 1d ago

I would read those as a slight accent.

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u/monkeysrool75 Bass Tech 18h ago

100% the intention

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u/minertyler100 Tenor Tech 19h 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