I assume they hit the corresponding area of the drum.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nope. The sheet music is about the type of hit. Depending on what is on the sheet, you do a roll, a tap, a flam, a buzz, etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Just like a pianist might read quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc. They read the rhythm, I assume. My music teacher used to make us practice our rhythm using these sheets with a time signature and different note values adding up to the same amount of beats per measure. We would clap the rhythm. I think it might be something like that, but then again I'm not a drummer.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you can read sheet music, then you can get the basics of drumming with it. It's the same idea as clapping the rhythm before you actually play it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Don't they have diff sheets?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There are certain parts of the staff that are for different parts of the drums. A line might be snare drum, bass drum, first tom, second tome, floor tom, hi-hat, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, etc. There are also notes that mean flams, rolls, buzz, and taps.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We don't have "notes". Each line represents a different drum. Before I started drumming I was confused too lol (:

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Drummers? Read music? I didn't know they could. It's just bang and make it sound good. No drummer I know reads music.

by Anonymous 12 years ago