Reading and Playing Buzz Rolls and Double Strokes

Reading and Playing Buzz Rolls and Double Strokes

Some snare drum sheet music writes out buzz rolls with a Z through the stem. I don’t write it like that because my software doesn’t have that feature, but many others write it my way too anyway so I’ve got used to writing using 3 slashes instead (3...
How To Read Dynamics in Music

How To Read Dynamics in Music

Here is a list of dynamic markings you might encounter in drum sheet music. This list will be updated as more dynamic markings are thought of, and will start out as a basic list of fundamental dynamics notation. pp (pianissimo = very soft/quiet) p (piano = soft/quiet)...
How to read musical signposts – CODA and Segno

How to read musical signposts – CODA and Segno

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...
Reading Drum Notation

Reading Drum Notation

Here are some useful guides to reading drum sheet music notation that is used for most of this website.
Sixteenth Note Rhythms and Counting Exercise

Sixteenth Note Rhythms and Counting Exercise

These exercises should be played on the snare drum or a practice pad. The counting is shown below the notes. Every exercise is based on the first one, with notes taken away. For example, on the second line, you can still coun’t the full “1 E + a”,...