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Using lyrics to add sticking for a drum part

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Here is a clean way of adding sticking information on a snare drum part using lyrics.

\version "2.24.0"

snare = \drummode {
  sn16-> sn sn sn
      sn8\trill sn:16
      sn16 sn:32 sn:32 sn
      sn4\trill |
  \times 4/6 { sn16 sn sn sn sn sn }
      sn16-> sn sn sn
      sn16-> sn sn sn
      sn32 sn sn sn sn sn sn sn |
}

sticking = \lyricmode {
  R4 L8 L R4 L |
  _4 R L _ |
}

\score {
  <<
    \new DrumStaff \with {
      drumStyleTable = #percussion-style
      \override StaffSymbol.line-count = #1
    } \snare
    \new Lyrics \sticking
  >>
}