[rrayner]

Thanks, Sherry. Didn't have my thinking cap on very tightly on this one.

One additional problem with using a drum staff, and this is a problem with drums also, is that there is no differentiation in the note heads for "white" notes. A whole note is okay, because there is no stem, but a half note is a problem. A 4/4 measure with quarter/half/quarter shows as three x's with stems. The only differentiation on the half note is that there is a larger space between the half note (beats 2 & 3) and the final quarter note.

Back in the "old days", when we used pen and paper, the quarter notes in this example would be an x, and the half note would be a diamond with a stem and a whole note would be a stemless diamond.

Ah, there are always exceptions, aren't there? Bottom line, I'll work it out. Thanks.

Ralph