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Slashes across a stem indicating rapid repetition.
Also known as: Roll marking percussion
A roll is written as two or three short slashes across a note's stem, indicating that the note is repeated rapidly rather than struck once.
Indicates rapid repetition of the note it is written on.
Contexts: Music
Leaves the speed of repetition to the player and the instrument rather than specifying it, since a roll on a snare and one on a timpani are not the same rate.
Contexts: Music
Two or three short diagonal strokes drawn across the stem of a note, or above it where the note has no stem.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.