Beginner - Begginer - First Tutorial - Beats &…

Tabbed By Ben Riley (benr1804@hotmail.com) ammeterdrummer

drums for begginers........

this is a tutorial for the very begginers to the drums


1. learning to count

HH |----------------|
SD |R---L---R---L---|
BD |----------------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

R = Right hand, L = Left Hand

*count this in normal seconds, slow easy starting beat.




2. simple snare exersise

SD |R---L---R---L---|R---L---R---L---|R-------R---L---|R-------R---L---|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

SD |----L---R---L---|R-------R-------|R---L---R---L---|R-------R---L---|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

SD |R-----------L---|R-------R---L---|R-------R-------|R---L---R---L---|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

*count in seconds, this gets your hands working well.




3. Drum and Bass simple beat

SD |----o-------o---|
BD |o-------o-------|
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

*adding another drum into the beat, if you are right handed then play the
snare with your left to get practice with your weak hand, and vice versa.




4. Your First full Drum Beat

HH |x---x---x---x---| }
SD |----o-------o---| } play as many times till you get the rythem
BD |o-------o-------| }
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +




5. 8ths to your beat

HH |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| }
SD |----o-------o---| } play as many times till you get the rythem
BD |o-------o-------| }
    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +




6. Increasing your beat to the typical \