how to read drum tabs?

[sirbestwong]

Hi,GUYs and GIRLS.... anyway how to read drum tabs??

 

[DrumDead]

YO Dude! I dunno how to answer ur question, but welcome to the board!

 

[unfaint]

hey
normally got like for example the song below ( the reason )

H |----------------|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----------------|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
B |----------------|o-------o-------|o-------o-------|o-------o-------|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

H = hi hat
S = snaredrum
B = Bass drum
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ( is the counting )

hope it helps

 

[sirbestwong]

hmm... ok! Thx... i get the idea now

 

[MeiZhan]

hello every1.. erm.. u guys noe where to find drum tabs for songs?

 

[blurred]

you know i reckon these computer style drum tabs are gonna be a big part of reading notes in the future. i dun think its gonna change muc for the western world but asia i reckon its gonna be fairly common, u might get people who read these drum tabs real well and not been able to read trad notations. not a bad thing but an evolution

 

[Guest]

dude...IMO there isnt much need for the tabs..

back then when i was a drummer..i played without tabs..juz need the base tempo..den the rest are juz fills and stuff like that..

juz listen to the song..den do stunt..add ur own fills..juz remember to keep the timing..

its fun tt way..

tts juz my opinion la...everyone may beg to differ.

 

[BebopIggy]

IMO, drum tabs will only work if the sound is simple. I can't see it being used in a busy drum part context. So, I feel that all drummers should learn how to at least how to read drum scores.

 

[sirbestwong]

Hey, some drum tabs have like 36,40,57.49 wad does it mean??

--------49----------------l
--------57-------57------l
---------------------------l
---------------------------l
--------36--36--40-------l

 

[crozzfire]

i believe, u got those tabs from a guitarpro file?

 

[sirbestwong]

ya!!

 

[smartboy4]

those are just the instrument no. on the program i think or the notes. u can't drum with those

 

[daltonsim]

mxtabs teach you how to read tabs. mxtabs used to be my source of tabs, though i dint really use them. just look-see. but sadly, mxtabs is gone.

 

[elevenine]

If you don't like reading tabs and prefer standard notation, here's a nifty (albeit somewhat buggy) solution:

http://www.drumtabdecoder.com/

 

[daltonsim]

oh cool, is this the one where you can play drum tabs? i saw one of these last time somewhere.

 

[elevenine]

The playback function is shite..don't even bother with it la. Haha.

 

[daltonsim]

oh, heh. there was one playback thing. some programme i saw last time like you feed it tabs and they play it for you. i thought that was quite cool.