A variety of 6 different musical styles in the form of drum beats. Objective: To develop an awereness of different styles of music and to be able to play the basic drum beats. With this sheet, although there are no repeats, you should repeat each line multiple times...
These exercises are great for putting together drum beats and drum fills, like they might appear in a song, although usually there are more drum beats than fills in a song. These exercises have a 1 bar drum beat and 1 bar of a fill, so that each type is practiced...
The structure for these drum exercises is: One and a half bar of a drum beat, then half a bar drum fill – and repeat. These drum exercises are for practicing drum beats and fills, similar to what you would do in a song environment, by playing the drum fills...
Sometimes in drum sheet music you will see parts of the music that aren’t written. There may be a space in he music, with an instruction such as ‘develop’, ‘ad lib’, ‘cont. sim’ or ‘fill’. In these examples, there...
Objective: To develop a vocabulary of various bass drum and snare variations that are usable when playing in the 6/8 time signature. Variations: The right hand could be moved to the floor tom or ride, and accents / ride bell / open hi hats could be added About the...
All of these drum beats have featured in hit songs over the years, and they probably have all featured in rock and pop music in every single decade since the styles started. Drum Teachers can print this out for their new beginner students – it’s a good way...
We are going to concentrate on the fundamental parts of playing Jazz drum beats. We are only going to concentrate on the right hand, and the left foot. Step 1 – Right hand With your right hand, play the ride cymbal 4 times. If this is too easy you can skip this...
I wrote this sheet initially to give students an idea of the type of things they could do to start off developing the drum beat for the guitar solo in a Grade 3 Rockschool song called Overrated (2012-18 syllabus). This sheet is also good for learning to develop the...
These 6 essential drum exercises have been designed to be played by drummers that have already covered these things, possibly separately in their lessons. They are to be played as quick exercises, to build up confidence. Players should feel good about playing these...
Here are 5 beginners drum beats in the styles of Dance Music / Pop, Reggae, Hip Hop, Blues, and Metal / Hard Rock. There are also audio examples to help you with the rhythms. Audio Examples of each drum beat:
