| Musical notes are very important for every | | | | |
| genre of music and instrument. If you know | | | | All the four spaces are allotted for toms. |
| how to read musical notes, then it will | | | | Each space is for each tom. The fourth space, |
| become easier for you to learn music. There | | | | which is just below the topmost line, is for |
| are mainly two types of notations. One is for | | | | the high tom. The next two spaces are |
| the lead instruments and the other is for the | | | | respectively allotted for the medium tom and |
| rhythm instruments. | | | | the low tom. If the music of your drum kit |
| | | | consists of more than three toms, then you |
| Lead instruments are those, who play the | | | | have to use a dot below the five standard |
| harmony parts, feeler parts of music. | | | | lines. |
| Guitars, pianos are of this genre. The other | | | | |
| kind of notations is made for the rhythm | | | | Snare drums are very important in a drum kit. |
| instruments like drums, bongos, congas etc. | | | | Notations for them are written in the third |
| | | | line. |
| The main problem with drummers is many of | | | | |
| them do not want to learn how to read musical | | | | Cymbals are manly used above the hi hats. |
| notes of drums. But it is important. Knowing | | | | They are also marked with x signs. If you |
| to read the notation will help you to play | | | | want to play a bell stroke on your cymbal, |
| them well. | | | | then place a diamond sign just beside the x |
| | | | sign. |
| Drum notations has one problem. Every other | | | | |
| notation follows a basic guideline. But drum | | | | For your feet, there are two notations. Your |
| notations do not follow any basic guidelines. | | | | right foot is for the bass drum. The bottom |
| Below we are providing you a basic notation, | | | | line is used to indicate the bass drum |
| which is used for drum music. This will help | | | | notation. Notation for your left foot, which |
| you to learn how to read musical notes of | | | | is a hi hat foot is placed below the bass |
| drums. | | | | drums. That means the space below the bottom |
| | | | line. |
| Let us start with the basics of notations. A | | | | |
| notation book consists five lines. Those | | | | Now, to know how to read musical notes of |
| lines are named as a, b, c, d etc. and | | | | drums, you need to know the values of these |
| between every two line there is a space. | | | | notes. Every note has different values. If |
| There are four spaces visible in a notation. | | | | you find a straight line, which has a dot |
| | | | attached with the top or bottom of that line, |
| Starting from the bottom the lines go up. | | | | then that particular note is called a quarter |
| That means the bottom line is called the | | | | note. |
| first line and the top most line is called | | | | |
| the fifth line. This is mainly the basic | | | | If a tail is attached with the stem, then it |
| knowledge of musical notes of drums. Now, let | | | | will become an eighth note. If there are two |
| us move on to a more complicated part of | | | | tails, then it is called a sixteenth note. |
| notations. | | | | |
| | | | These are the basic rules of how to read |
| The space just above the first line is for | | | | musical notes of drums. Go through this |
| the hi hats. The notation of the hi hats will | | | | article and you will be able to understand a |
| be written on that space. The space is | | | | lot about the notation of drum music. |
| normally marked with x. | | | | |