In this reference sheet, you will learn about Repeat Bars, Alternative Endings (1st time bar, 2nd time bar etc) and various other repeat markings that you will encounter reading drum notation / drum sheet music. Related: How to read musical signposts – CODA and...
Segno (The Sign) Coda (CODA) Dal Segno (D.S.) Go to the sign Da Capo (D.C.) Go back to the beginning D.S. al Coda Go to the sign, then follow ‘To Coda’ marking D.C. al Coda Go to the beginning, then follow ‘To Coda’ marking D.S. al fine Go to...
This is an open hi hat groove practice exercise with short drum fills every 4 bars to keep it interesting to play. There are a few ways to play the open hi hat. You can open it quite wide and hit on the top or the edge, or open it a couple of cm wide for somewhere in...
Each line is 1 drum fill, consisting of 16 x 16th notes. What we are doing with this sheet is diving that total number of 16 into various number combinations for different drums. Whilst all music could be related to maths, this exercise is a blatant use of numbers to...
Buy Now → At just 8 pages, this mini ebook gets stuck in to 90 different combinations of 16th note bass drum patterns in 2/4 bars. They are to be practiced individually in loops before moving onto the next groove. These are excellent for developing your kick drum...
This is a reference sheet for students of all ages and abilities at whatever stage they are at with their instrument. It’s a handy printable sheet, which could be displayed on a wall at home or in a classroom. Learn and revise the names of all of the note values...
These 5 practice tests are to help with practicing for grade 3 sight reading on drums. This is aimed at the 2006-12 syllabus, so when this is out of date, you should if the grade 3 sight reading is still snare drum based and in the same sort of format. Update: The...
Here are some creative examples of how you can expand on the ‘Paradiddile-diddle in sextuplet sixteenth notes’ exercise 1 from Grade 7 technical exercises. There are accents (>) underneath each line of rhythms to watch out for. There are also ghost...
Students should improvise in the exam (don’t memorise this sheet). This sheet is for if you are stuck for ideas on how to improvise, then these should help you to learn the type of things to do. Imagine the sheet above with only the first bar of each line shown...
