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How to read Drum tabs

How to read Drum Tab

A drum tablature (shortly - Drum Tab) was created specially for drummers. It is simple way to learn drum part of songs.

 H |-xxXXx-x|xxxXXxxx|-xxXXxxx|xxxXXxxx|-|
 S |------o-|------o-|------o-|------o-|-|
 B |o--oo---|o--oo---|o--oo---|o--oo---|-|
 CC|-------X|-------X|-------X|-------X|-|

 There are horizontal lines that indicates different type of percussion.

Transcription:

 
 CC|-Crash Cymbal----|
 HH|-Hi-Hat----------|
 Hf|-Hi-Hat-w/foot---|
 B |-Bass-Drum-------|
 FT|-Floor-Tom-------|
 HT|-High-Tom--------|
 LT|-Low-Tom---------|
 Rd|-Ride-Cymbal-----|
 SN|-Snare-drum------|

Some alternative name of lines:

 CR|-Crash-Ride-Cymbal--|

 RC|-Ride-Cymbal--------|

 S |-Snare-drum---------|

 T1|-Tom-1-(high-tom)---|

 T2|-Tom-2-(low/mid-tom)| Tom 1, Tom 2 etc. can be continued to as many toms as you have.

 F |-Floor-Tom----------|

 BD|-Bass-Drum----------|

The Number of Lines means quantity of drums using in this song.

Cymbals:

 |-x-| Strike Cymbal or Hi-Hat
 |-X-| Strike Loose Hi-Hat, or hit Crash Hard
 |-o-| Open High Hat
 |-#-| Choke Cymbal (Grab Cymbal With Hand After Striking It)
 |-s-| Splash Cymbal
 |-c-| China Cymbal
 |-b-| Bell of Ride
 |-x-| Click Hi-Hat With Foot  

Drums:

 |-o-| Strike
 |-O-| Accent
 |-g-| Ghost Note 
 |-f-| [[Flam]]  
 |-d-| Drag
 |-b-| Soft One-Handed Roll
 |-B-| Accented One-Handed Roll
 |-@-| Snare Rim

Unlike guitar tabs which often fail to accurately represent timing information, drum tabs usually describe timing information very accurately.