I'd like to figure out how to execute something found in some Jazz charts for drums.
It is a compact way to indicate "play time for X measures" in a single measure.
Here are two examples from the googlesphere:
The measure marked as "Play 7"
http://www.quickgigcharts.com/wp-content/uploads/edd/2015/09/Feeling-Good-Feature-image.jpgThe measure marked as "Play 7 (time)"
http://www.mikejamesjazz.com/media/writing_items/drums/mellotone_drums.gifThose demonstrate the concept, but not the execution I would prefer.
The way I'd like it to look is more like:
| ~~~~( 7 )~~~~ |
This is overall similar to a multi-measure rest, but with the following differences:
o The number should be in the middle of the staff, rather than over the staff.
o The number should be surrounded by large parenthesis
o The lines on either side of the parenthesis should be thick but squiggly (or even just a bunch of tildes.)
Is it possible to define such a new style for displaying multi-measure rests?
It doesn't have to be exactly the style--I'd settle for the diagonal line in the first example.
The main point is, I'd like some other format for multi-measure rest that is distinct from the usual ones. I can add text to clarify the interpretation to the performer.
The other requirement is that I'd also like to use them in combination--some charts will have both actual multi-measure rests as well as blocks of "time" represented by this new format of multi-measure rest.
