Saturday 31 January 2015

Drum and Cymbal notes

Unlike with other instruments, the notation that accompanies the drum kit is not yet completely standardised. There are many different variations which you will notice from different drum books, transcriptions and sheet music. Although this notation varies, it is usually quite similar and easy to see the differences and be able to tell which notes match which kit orchestrations.

These notes though are probably the most common form of drum notation, so if you learn and stick by this, it will help and you will do well in understanding and being able to write drum music. 


            (You can also simply 
write choke above/next to a cymbal)

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