![]() ![]() In common drum set music, as in the figure above, it is generally understood that the notes from top to bottom are hi-hat, snare, bass. Sometimes, a piece of drum notation will be accompanied by a reading key that precisely indicates the positioning of the various percussion sounds on the staff. There is no universally accepted way of positioning specific drums or cymbals, but it is generally accepted that the bass drum is written at the bottom, the snare somewhere in the middle, and the hi-hat and cymbals up top. Cymbal notes are often written with X’s instead of dots, but not always so. In drum notation, the note’s position on the staff indicates a particular drum or a cymbal. ![]() ![]() The higher the dot, the higher the pitch. Music notation for other instruments, such as the piano, indicates the pitch of the note by the position of the dot on the five horizontal lines, called a staff. Otherwise, I’ll explain all the important basics.Įach dot-and-stick or x-and-stick represents a note (sound). If you already know how to ready music for other instruments then there’s not much more to reading drum notation. You can listen to how they sound by using the right side player. The figure above shows a simple strip of drum notes. ![]()
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