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 – Repeats

How to read musical signposts – Repeats

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...