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READING A DRUM CHART

When you look at a drum chart, you see it has three rows,
and a different number of columns depending on the beat.
BEAT 4

The numbers on the bottom of the drum charts are the beat counts.
You count: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, then start over again with 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. ... There is no 5!
Let’s try to count together: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - and so on.
Luckily, unlike otehr musicians, drummers only need to worry about spacing. of notes.

DRUMS
The bottom row is for
the KICK DRUM.

The middle row is for

the SNARE DRUM.

The top row is for the

HI-HAT.

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When you see a drum over a number, it means to play

that drum on that beat.

Here we play the kick on beats 1, 2, 3 and 4.

On this chart, we play the kick on beats 1, 2, 3, 4 and

the snare on 2 and 4 only.
DRUMS

On this chart, we play the kick on beats 1 and 3, snare

on 2 and 4, and the hi-hat on 1, 2, 3, and 4.

BEAT 4

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BEAT 7

BEAT 2 BEAT 8

BEAT 3 BEAT 9

BEAT 4 BEAT 10

DRUMS
BEAT 5 BEAT 11

BEAT 6 BEAT 12

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BEAT 13 BEAT 19

BEAT 14 BEAT 20

BEAT 15 BEAT 21

BEAT 16 BEAT 22
DRUMS

BEAT 17 BEAT 23

BEAT 18 BEAT 24

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BEAT 44 BEAT 31

BEAT 26 BEAT 32

BEAT 27 BEAT 9

BEAT 28 BEAT 10

DRUMS
BEAT 29 BEAT 11

BEAT 30 BEAT 12

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BEAT 33 BEAT 39

BEAT 34 BEAT 40

BEAT 35 BEAT 41

BEAT 36 BEAT 42
DRUMS

BEAT 37 BEAT 43

BEAT 38 BEAT 44

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ADVANCED DRUM CHARTS

BEAT 51

BEAT 52

BEAT 53

BEAT 54

DRUMS
BEAT 55

BEAT 56

BEAT 57

BEAT 58

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BEAT 59

BEAT 60

BEAT 61

BEAT 62
DRUMS

BEAT 66

BEAT 67

BEAT 68

BEAT 69

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BEAT 70

BEAT 71

BEAT 72

BEAT 73

DRUMS
BEAT 74

BEAT 75

BEAT 76

BEAT 77

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BEAT 78

BEAT 79

BEAT 80

BEAT 81
DRUMS

BEAT 82

BEAT 83

BEAT 84

BEAT 85

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