Drums notes

Like the English language, drum notation is read from left to right. The staff is made up of five lines and four spaces, but notes can be positioned above or below the staff as well. Notes are placed in the staff based on which part of the drum set should be played at any given time. Notice below that the bass drum is in a different position on the staff than the snare or ride cymbal.

Here we have a drum beat repeated 3 times, then a fill, then another drum beat 3 times followed by another drum fill. The sheet can be then repeated around multiple times, or you could just repeat the first half around for a while and then focus on repeating the second half. These are great […]

In this free drum lesson, I want to teach you the song “Dancing Queen” by ABBA. You can download all of the drum sheet music notation AND watch a video drum lesson for free from my website by clicking the link above.

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Here are some useful guides to reading drum sheet music notation that is used for most of this website.

In this free drum lesson, I want to teach you the song “Thriller” by Michael Jackson. You can download all of the drum sheet music notation AND watch a video drum lesson for free from my website by clicking the link above.

Here's a guide to learn about drum notation with music sheets that will guide you from drum key, measures and bar lines to a lot more!