Learn how to read special symbols for drum notation, including half-open HiHat, open HiHat, Ghostnotes, Sidesticks, Accents, Buzz Strokes, F

"Slash Marks" or "Rhythm Slashes" are diagonal slashes that indicate the actual beats in a measure. This means that a bar of 4/4 time will have four slashes, while a bar of 3/4 time will have three. Slash marks are a valuable tool for writing drum sheet music, as they are flexible and can be used as a placeholder for grooves and fills, and can also carry specific information. SLASH MARKS FOR GROOVES If you encounter a bar of slash marks after a concrete groove example, it's p

This blog post will show you how to read and write multiple endings in drum sheets, drum scores or drum transcriptions. This is very convenient to save up lots of space while writing music and gets used quite often. FIRST AND SECOND ENDING Multiple endings are a musical notation used to indicate different endings to a section of music. They are denoted by bracketed numbers above the music staff, with each number corresponding to a different ending. In this example, the sectio

This article will give you a great overview of the different repeat signs you will encounter reading drum sheets, drum scores or drum transcriptions. Each of the signs is easy to understand and very common practice, so make sure you have the following three repeat signs under your belt. SECTION REPEAT SIGNS The "section repeat" sign is a musical notation used to indicate that a section of music should be repeated. It consists of two dots placed on either side of a thick verti

If you notate music for drumset, you have to define which line of your staff corresponds with which instrument of your drumset. This allocation is usually referred to as a drumkey. However, you may not have considered the fact that most of the drumkeys out there seem to be pretty random - or just being different for the sake of being different. So let's take a closer look at the three main drumkeys and why they still make by far the most sense if you're writing drum sheet mus