Sheet 1 – 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Grade 1-2
For this exercise sheet, you will need some basic beginners reading knowledge of drum beats and drum fills. In the exercises, you will play 3 bars of drum beats, 1 bar of a drum fill and then repeat the exercise. There are 4 exercises on the sheet and each one can be...
Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 2 – Grade 1-2
Free PDF Download: Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 2 – Grade 1-2 It’s still the summer holidays and most people are taking a well deserved break. I’ve been on holiday and I’m fully relaxed but I have a few lesson days coming up so...
Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 1 – Grade 1-2
Free PDF Download: Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 1 – Grade 1-2 It’s the summer holidays and most people are taking a well deserved break. I have made this sheet for some of my drum students to practice over the holidays, which can be done in 5...
5 Ways to Improve your Drumming Speed
Photo Credit: Mark Latham Guest Blog Post by: NetSoundsMusic.com Playing drums requires a little bit more physical effort than many other instruments. While many instruments require correct breathing and fingering techniques, and some utilize pedals as well,...
Drumming for Mental Health: How Playing Drums Can Help Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Photo credit: Lindsey Bahia on Unsplash Guest Blog Post: Patrick Bailey A note from learndrumsforfree.com – Many thanks to Patrick for writing this article. I can certainly say that playing drums helped me get through my teenage years. I also think as an adult,...
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...
Snare Drum Piece – Jan 2018
Here is some drum sheet music of a snare drum piece, which can be played by a solo snare or a snare line group. The snare piece starts off in 3/4 timing and then moves into 4/4. There are various dynamic changes. There are also plenty of techniques involved. In bar 2...
Deck The Halls – Snare Drum Sheet Music
Here is a short snare drum piece for the public domain Christmas song ‘Deck The Halls’. The snare drum sheet music is grade 1-3 level. The X’s are snare rim hits. You can get the guitar and ukulele version here: Christmas Songs Ebook – Guitar...