Music Theory – Basic Drum Patterns

This post is aimed at getting you to experiment with different drum patterns and to fully understand how drum music is written.
The chart below should help when trying to understand how drum music is written:

Simple follow along drum patterns:

Example Drum Patterns:

Drumming Resources:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_beat
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=3_7uHM7AxbI
• http://bangthedrumsquickly.com/table-of-contents/