Reading is always a problem for drummers of all ages, however I believe that it is
not a problem if the basic issues are addressed right from the beginning.
This set of 20 “Reading Practice” sheets is designed to help students learn the
basics of reading music, with very little to confuse them, so they can concentrate
on reading and counting the note types accurately.
There is quite deliberately no dynamics, accents or articulation markings on
them, and they are all in 4/4 time signature. I believe that students can learn
these other things independently afterwards, but it is firstly of utmost importance
that they know the note types and they can count rhythms correctly first.
Many drum teachers probably disagree with me on this, indeed I would have
myself when I first started teaching, however in my experience of teaching drums
I have found this to be the most effective way of teaching students to read music.
In this package have also supplied the snare drum solos and reading expansion
sheets which deal with dynamics, accents and other time signatures.
not a problem if the basic issues are addressed right from the beginning.
This set of 20 “Reading Practice” sheets is designed to help students learn the
basics of reading music, with very little to confuse them, so they can concentrate
on reading and counting the note types accurately.
There is quite deliberately no dynamics, accents or articulation markings on
them, and they are all in 4/4 time signature. I believe that students can learn
these other things independently afterwards, but it is firstly of utmost importance
that they know the note types and they can count rhythms correctly first.
Many drum teachers probably disagree with me on this, indeed I would have
myself when I first started teaching, however in my experience of teaching drums
I have found this to be the most effective way of teaching students to read music.
In this package have also supplied the snare drum solos and reading expansion
sheets which deal with dynamics, accents and other time signatures.