How To Write Out Drum Grooves (NOTATION CRASH COURSE)

[@alijohn1405]

Self taught, played drums over 20 years, watched your channel for a while. Great content! 🔥

[@valcho]

I'd absolutely love you to make a series on this topic

[@sccdrum93]

Awesome! I’ll plan on a couple more videos along these lines in the future. Glad you liked it! 👍

[@valcho]

Stephen Clark Your way of explaining things just clicks with me. I know I'm not the only one, so keep them coming. Also, do you have a Patreon?

[@johnathonmcintosh8992]

Hi Stephen Clark Can you do a video demonstrating 16th notation and maybe a full chart example please.

[@pabloguzman583]

Really good video. Would love to see part 2 and 3!. Maybe put some audio to go with the examples, some sixteenths or triplets, how to write toms or crash, etc. Keep up the good work!

[@Jellybean199611]

A similar thing to do is download a free drum programming software, such as Hydrogen, and play around with create beats with that. This way you can immediately hear exactly what you wrote down, or hear how a groove is supposed to sound when perfectly aligned to a grid. It will also help you understand the differences between quarter, 16th, and 32nd notes, or how they sound played in triplet patterns. You can also use it to experiment with different time signatures.

[@billpalmer6318]

Thanks for pointing this out, John! I had never heard of "Hydrogen" and just downloaded it and am looking forward to experimenting with the patterns and sounds, and learning how it works.

[@Jellybean199611]

Bill Palmer You're welcome, friend! I'll say this, too, the samples in the program are not very impressive. However, some people offer some pretty nice samples for free, such as Warren Huart from Produce Like a Pro. And there also exists a library of user-created sample sets. I like to use the kick and snare from Warren Huart and use the cymbals from the "Death Metal" set.

[@billpalmer6318]

John McNally I appreciate your reply and pointers, John! I’ll give them a try. Good luck out there!

[@BEElaine1008]

Thanks. I hadn’t heard of that one....I will check it out!

[@johnpietrolaj8917]

Very nice. I learned notation when I started drumming 37 years ago but haven’t done it in 32 years. I forgot a lot of it. You can absolutely do some more videos on this.

[@philhorler5712]

Love this, I came from a classical background so have always struggled teaching the basics, this really helps break down the simpler parts of it!

[@sccdrum93]

Thanks! Glad this helped you simplify it! I had to do the same thing. When I went straight from music school into teaching private lessons, I knew I had to “relearn” the reading basics in a simple way that could make sense to a 1st grader starting out on drum set. So far this break-down seems to make sense to most people.

[@timm1139]

Thanks, I've never seen that eighth note rest idea before. I'd like to see what a part #2 & 3 could teach me!

[@magiscichoam]

Bravo! A superb lesson. I’d love to view and learn more. Thank you!

[@BEElaine1008]

Perfect! Doing this is a helpful tool for me and I would encourage other beginners to do this. (I even write the notes as slashes as well....faster and takes up less space....And, if I may add, I also use measure repeats as well

[@alkalijuly1790]

This is so cool. Can't wait to try this out. I've been subbed u a while but I really want to start taking drumming seriously.

[@contentnotfound3599]

I need to learn this, mainly because I wanna be able to talk to my drummer in a way we can both easily understand without having me say "no it's boop boop bap " like I'm Mr Krabs from spongebob

[@dominiquez5643]

Damn ! You get better by the minute, just got my drum kit and subscribed to your channel and I can not believe the plethora of great knowledge you have ! (I loved your high hat video, but this one man, takes the crown). I was looking for pad exercises and the good ones are all in music notation (don't even know if that's the proper name for "Alien" speak). I feel super comfortable to start working on fills to have fun and start practicing on the drums ! Thank you soooooooo much !!!

[@tylerstorer287]

I love you man!

[@ogutzman71]

How about more on this topic!!!

[@meetalimistry6555]

You are a great teacher of drums I also play drums

[@hexu.g]

so useful, dude

[@kennethhwilliams6054]

Excellent video. Very concise.

[@mcjay1655]

This is verry helpful

[@mariopalomo9691]

Great !!!!

[@BruteForce902]

This was a really good video. I love your videos and you have helped me out a lot. Thank you!

[@sccdrum93]

Thanks, man! Really glad to hear that this helped you out. Maybe I’ll get a part 2 up later down the road.

[@hannahalexander378]

Helpful. Thanks

[@MattMendians]

Good if you’re going to try and make lessons to!

[@rayneraltd5625]

It'd be so helpful to make a pdf or printable document of the file for that lesson, great vid though!

[@Mariatheuntameble]

When do you writh down in 16 notes or 8 notes? Sometimes both is possible to writh down. And you just can adjust your tempo and do it half and it comes out the same. Is it just preference or is there like a rule or something?

[@drummercarson896]

What app is this and I would love a part 2 and 3

[@sccdrum93]

I figured someone would ask! It’s called GoodNotes (goodnotes 4 to be precise). Just got it recently, and it works amazingly on iPad. I actually use it mostly with students in their lessons. Makes it easy for me to keep up with what we’re working on week to week. I’d love to do a part 2 and 3! I’ll get that in the works and do something along those lines in the near future.

[@drummercarson896]

Stephen Clark thanks

[@alanmcdowell977]

Stephen Clark 12-29-2022 Im trying to learn how to tab out songs I like I'm using guitar pro 8 I have to songs i'm working on 1] Missouri band -moving on 2] Robin Trower -calling my name Can you help me on the drum part Think you Alan

[@codydavis5525]

I’m actually writing transcriptions for different video game soundtracks. I’m so confused whether to put snare on the same stem as the hi-hat or on the same stem as the kick. I’m not rlly a drummer but I’ve gotten the comment from a band student who does play drums that the second option was not the correct notation. Can you clarify?

[@diatonicshooter8316]

*How about the Drum notes* , *ls it all C or A* ? *Is it changble with different scales from different key signatures* ?

[@vuongangkhoa9671]

What note-taking app you use, sir?

[@redrumchopz5721]

Does anyone know what this means in drum sheet music /

[@ericlourenco]

What if you have to add toms and other stuff without lines === ? Keeping it simple as that personal chart.

[@BEElaine1008]

Yes....it is helpful to have staves....the toms go on the spaces to indicate which one (except if you’re Neil Peart, etc.... 😆but at that level you aren’t writing the parts out anyway)

[@number6204]

ho do you incorporate toms?

[@rajeshhkkapoor8549]

U could have played a simple 4/4 time measure and done the demo

[@OkThisllbeMyName]

do you use any shorthands when transcribing

[@sccdrum93]

Are you talking about just transcribing a groove or fill for instance? I would basically do the same thing I did here...but when writing a simple groove when charting a song, I might leave out the “time” notes up top (just leave out the hihat 8ths or ride 8ths, etc.). I’ll just write in the core rhythm of the groove...the kick/snare part, or the Tom part, etc. For most semi-basic stuff that’s quicker, saves time, and saves space. Honestly I think the biggest time and space saver is just writing note heads as lines, which works in 99% of drum-groove-writing, since we so rarely need to write half notes or whole notes.

[@oldelectronics70]

How do you represent toms?

[@jasonschooler4450]

Proudly, with honor, and dignity.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Ya, ok.

[@haimainameisani4517]

I'm a composer and I use music notation BUT I'm not a drummer and I want to know how to properly write music with drums can anyone help with that or show me a video

[@geraldedwards5762]

This is a basic '4 on the floor pattern' variant... used mainly for popular, rock, and other genres. Drums patterns are as variant as fingerprints. The main thing to know is that the drums are based on rhythmic patterns related to any of the various musical tracks you might write (most often it relates to the bassline in some fashion). It can be used to emphasize other rhythms as well though. I have some ebooks on drumming and mainly it is about learning the various patterns and how they need to relate to your piece. Just drop a line on any of my uploaded videos on youtube and I will try to help you.

[@haimainameisani4517]

@@geraldedwards5762 Okay thanks so much!!! Ill get to you once i get my computer running so I can use my notation software So probably next week.. Ill be sure to get to you with any questions! :)

[@geraldedwards5762]

@@haimainameisani4517 No problem. I am usually on here when I am not composing.

[@ashimkashyapofficial]

👍

[@fabrimatrix_yt5247]

238 views?????

[@fabrimatrix_yt5247]

!!!!

[@mr.v8156]

I don’t think I’ve heard Stephen laugh

[@sccdrum93]

Hey I laughed in a video a couple weeks ago making fun of cheap electric drum kits. 😂

[@mr.v8156]

Stephen Clark oh lol sos man I play the drums and know a lot about crap drum kits😄

[@mamf6175]

I like your videos but the way you're writing those quater and 8th notes in the beginning with one line is kind of making me feel uncomfortable xD I first thought this is such basic stuff everyone knows but yeah... of cause you have to learn it somehow.

[@sccdrum93]

This is one of those videos not everyone “needs” to see, but to those who are interested in learning this - I hope to have helped them out a lot. I explained later on in the video why I was writing them that way - maybe you saw it. :) Haha it looks kind of funny, but writing them as straight lines saves a lot of time and generally makes sense when writing drum music (often note values less than half notes).