![]() ![]() You do however find the ride on occasion placed above the stave and is written with a circle surrounding the cross. The ride cymbal is usually placed and read from the top line. The crash floats above the drum music stave and is often written with a circle surrounding the cross, although this is not always the case and you will sometimes find it written with just the cross (no circle). Like the hi-hats the crash and ride are un-tuned and therefore receive the honer of a cross as part of the make up of there symbol. Now you might be wondering where the cymbals and toms go to make up the rest of our standard drum kit set up? Let’s find where the other drum set elements are placed and how you read them on the sheet music. How to read all three drum sheet music elements together The bass drum is played with the bass drum pedal and is found at the bottom of the drum stave. The snare drum can be played in a number of different ways but it is always found on the same place of the stave, here is a basic snare stroke notice it is written in a space. The snare drum is one of the most important parts of the drum set and is crucial to nearly every drum beat you play. Unlike the hi-hat the snare drum has tuning lugs so that the drum skin can be tuned to different pitches hence the reason for the dot. You will have noticed that the snare drum uses a dot as opposed to a cross. The hi-hat can also be played by just the foot, when drum music is written for the hi-hat pedal it is placed just below the stave to indicate that the hats must be played by the foot. ![]() Notice the O above the symbol to indicate the hat is to be played open followed by the + to indicate the point at which the hats should be closed with the foot. This is to clearly communicate whether the cymbals should be struck with the hats ‘closed’ (foot pedal pressed down), ‘open’ (foot pedal released) or with just using the foot pedal alone. Notice that the hi-hats are written in a variety of ways. The reason for the cross is because the hi-hats can not be tuned, they are a fixed pitch or sound and are therefore regarded as un-tuned. The hi-hats sit just above the top line and is a symbol that consists of a cross with a stem. We will start by looking at just three parts of a standard set up for a 5 piece drum kit – hi-hat, snare and bass drum. Now we must learn where each drum kit element is found on the stave. Musical symbols are written within the bar which is where you read the drum music. The vertical lines are called a bar lines and space between each bar line is called a bar. Musical symbols are placed either on the line or in a space to represent which element of the drum set is to be played.īelow is an example of a five line stave. All music is written on what is called a FIVE LINE STAVE (sometimes referred to as a STAFF). The best place to start is by taking a look at the symbols used and how they are written out in music notation to represent the different drum set names.īefore we even get to actually reading drum music let us first look at how music in general is written out. ![]() You will probably be surprised at just how many of your favorite drummers read drum music too. You want to be able to play drum grooves and fills from drum notation because learning how to read drum sheet music will help you to learn faster and develop all round as a drummer and musician. ![]()
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