Learn To Speak Drum - Lesson 1

How to play, read, transcribe, and write basic rock and pop patterns

Start Speaking

Welcome to Learn To Speak Drum! Let’s get ‘speaking staright away. Here is your first drum beat...

These are 3 of the most common drums you will see in notation throughout the this book.

100

Tone

Suggested: 40–160 BPM

Click

Play the exercise

Reading is free. Sign in to play the exercise, set the tempo and practise along.

Position follows the click, including through silent gap-click bars.

Backing Track 1

4/44 per beat40–160 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.

Backing Track 1

4/44 per beat40–160 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.

Backing Track 1

4/44 per beat40–160 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.

Backing Track 1

Listen to this drum beat - whcih one is it?

Listen first — the answers are all notation.

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

4/44 per beat35–100 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.

4/44 per beat35–100 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.

4/44 per beat35–100 BPM1 bar

Opens the metronome, drum kit and sticking for this exercise. One at a time, so the click always belongs to what you are playing.