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Lesson 5: Reading Drum Score

Drum score looks similar to other musical score, with the important difference that it is written on a percussion clef, which looks like this:



The same five-line staff is used for drum notation, but instead of denoting pitch, each line and space of the staff represents a particular instrument in the drum kit, as in the diagram below:



Each instrument is usually abbreviated to two letters, viz:

HH = Hi-hat

1T = First tom-tom

2T = Second tom-tom

SD = Snare drum

FT = Floor tom

BD = Bass drum

Other abbreviations include:

CB = Cowbell

RC = Ride Cymbal

CC = Crash Cymbal

SS = Side-stick

Lesson 1: Basics of Music Theory
Lesson 2: Parts of the Drum Kit
Lesson 3: Basic Techniques of Drumming
Lesson 4: Basic Drum Kit Technique
Lesson 5: Reading Drum Score
Lesson 6: Eighth-note Grooves
Lesson 7: Sixteenth-note Grooves
Lesson 8: Mixing It Up COMING SOON!
Lesson 9: Tricks and Tips COMING SOON!


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