Drum notation

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

Learn how to play the song "R U Mine" on drums by Arctic Monkeys, featuring the drumming of Matt Helders on drums. Free Video Drum Lesson & PDF Drum Sheet Music.

Learn to read drum notation with School of Rock. Master drum and cymbal techniques to quickly play any drum beat, even if you've never heard it before.

Learn to read drum notation with School of Rock. Master drum and cymbal techniques to quickly play any drum beat, even if you've never heard it before.

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!

Video Lesson In this lesson we will run through 10 popular rock drum beats. I will show you how to do variations on each beat, which will extend the contents of the sheet a lot, and give you ideas for practicing. I will also show you how they sound at slow, medium and fast speeds […]

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basic five piece drum set, back view