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In this lesson we will learn to read and play quarter and eighth note rhythms     Click here to download the sheets
 Once you have you can play and loop all of these beats, try playing along with this next lesson and putting them all together click here to download the sheets
If you can play the first page of Eighth Note Rock Beats, then its now time to try including some rests in the bass drum parts to create some more interesting rhythms.  Once you can play and loop all these beats, try playing along with this lesson and putting them all together. Click here to download the sheet
  click here to download the sheets You may notice as you are playing that there are some extra drum fills that are not on our sheet music. Well Listened! This first version is not a transcription, but an easy play version so we have have fun and success. If you are up for more of a challenge, check out this video below. It contains the extra fills, and we get to see what they look like when they are written down. Click here to download the transcription Hitting the crash cymbal on the first beat of a bar is a way of emphasising that beat - Or making it stand our. A bit like how when we are writing we use a capital letter at the start of a sentence.  Click here to download the sheet
  Click here to download the sheet music You may notice that you can hear some extra fills on the recording. True! We have left out a few things to make it a bit easier and to play. If you want an extra challenge, watch the video below and see if you can work out some of the things we have missed! We can change the volume and intensity of our beat by changing what instrument we play our riding pattern on Playing on the closed Hi-Hats produces a clean rhythmic sound Riding on the ride produces a fuller more sustained sound Riding on the crash produces a full and loud sound   click here to download the sheets Putting it all together  Click here to download the sheets Like our last songs, you may notice that the version that we have just learnt in not exactly the same as the original drum part - Pretty good, but not the same. Check out the video below for a real challange! Click here to download a transcription of the original drum part
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