DoubleBlade
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i'm juz curious how many dummers out there actually play by hearing or by musical scores.
What kind of drummer are u?
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i was playing guitars when i started out, have since den switched to drums.
playing by earr. still learning to read drum tabs. have no idea how to read notes
hahah
playing by earr. still learning to read drum tabs. have no idea how to read notes
hahah
DoubleBlade
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but isn't drum tabs the same as notes? juz dat the black dotes in notes are replaced by "X's ?
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DoubleBlade said:
really?
i wouldnt know kos ive never seen a drum score. ive tried to read and play from drum tabs.... but i still prefer to play by ear
killerclover
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Ears are the best way to go.... hahaha but drum scores are a pain in the a$$ if your not used to it tried it once..... kinda feel tied down when playing with score..... But scores mostly provide for gd sticking.....
turbochicken
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doubleblade,
conventional drum scores are totally different from tabs / notations or whatever you call it.
the former's the daogei aka beansprouts and the other's placement of beats.
they're water and sky.
conventional drum scores are totally different from tabs / notations or whatever you call it.
the former's the daogei aka beansprouts and the other's placement of beats.
they're water and sky.
personally i think you can learn lots of difficult things from notes (with lots of patience). but most of the fills and beats i play were learnt by ear or experimentation, and mistakes. so it would nice if both could be integrated into each other more, but i'm not quite there yet haha.
i mean like, how do you learn samba if you can't read notes? there's lot of coordination in between hands and feet for that (i'm still in the process of learning my first samba beat)!
playing by ear is a very useful skill. especially since drummers can be extremely noisy even when the situation doesn't call for it.
i mean like, how do you learn samba if you can't read notes? there's lot of coordination in between hands and feet for that (i'm still in the process of learning my first samba beat)!
playing by ear is a very useful skill. especially since drummers can be extremely noisy even when the situation doesn't call for it.
both by ear and by score.
by ear when i'm jamming the song for my own improvision, i just need the structure of the song and i improvise wat i can.
by score when i'm tearing down the song to learn how he played that fill and why.
i'd say this combination is pretty good for composing my own originals.
by ear when i'm jamming the song for my own improvision, i just need the structure of the song and i improvise wat i can.
by score when i'm tearing down the song to learn how he played that fill and why.
i'd say this combination is pretty good for composing my own originals.
percussionfreak
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i agree with vio.
but i prefer to just play by ear, though it's a bit difficult the first few times...
but i prefer to just play by ear, though it's a bit difficult the first few times...
be both
hey man, i feel being able to do both is what you should shrive for. cause lets say u go for a rehersal and they throw u a basic sheet of music. say up tempo funk. and all they give you is where the punches are suppose to be. you never heard it how are u gonna play it man. it really sucks just sitting there and saying i'm sorry but i can't do it. it may never happen to you and it vvery well might, what then? you just lost a gig. it just happened to me man and it really really sucks, i can read but my sight reading is hopeless. you might need it one day and it is a skill. i know some bloody good drummers that started out in what alot of us "street musicians" call music for sissys, the symphony bands. i'm telling you these people could groove your ass off, read a drum score note for note and still look at the conductor for time. are they any less of a musicians, no their not, if you dun read do you think you are? true alot of good drummers can't read but i could also name you quite afew that do. charts are road maps to guide you along until you have the song down then u can forget the chart. sometimes their all you've got right before that moment where tiime seems to stand still when the band leader is counting off and you haven't a clue how ur going to get throught the session.
sorry if i sound a little angsty, its just been a really tough week.
regards mark
hey man, i feel being able to do both is what you should shrive for. cause lets say u go for a rehersal and they throw u a basic sheet of music. say up tempo funk. and all they give you is where the punches are suppose to be. you never heard it how are u gonna play it man. it really sucks just sitting there and saying i'm sorry but i can't do it. it may never happen to you and it vvery well might, what then? you just lost a gig. it just happened to me man and it really really sucks, i can read but my sight reading is hopeless. you might need it one day and it is a skill. i know some bloody good drummers that started out in what alot of us "street musicians" call music for sissys, the symphony bands. i'm telling you these people could groove your ass off, read a drum score note for note and still look at the conductor for time. are they any less of a musicians, no their not, if you dun read do you think you are? true alot of good drummers can't read but i could also name you quite afew that do. charts are road maps to guide you along until you have the song down then u can forget the chart. sometimes their all you've got right before that moment where tiime seems to stand still when the band leader is counting off and you haven't a clue how ur going to get throught the session.
sorry if i sound a little angsty, its just been a really tough week.
regards mark
I use drum notes, tabs, and listen. Trying to learn the stuff in Yamaha's book 2. There are some tricky stuff in that book. Much harder than the 1st book.
The songs that have tabs are only the famous ones. It sucks really. Also in bookstores such as Kinokuniya, they only have guitar/bass notes. For learning books there are just too little drum books compared to guitar books... Although I found some good (but expensive) drum books in that store within Swee Lee.
The songs that have tabs are only the famous ones. It sucks really. Also in bookstores such as Kinokuniya, they only have guitar/bass notes. For learning books there are just too little drum books compared to guitar books... Although I found some good (but expensive) drum books in that store within Swee Lee.
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DrumDead
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I play "by ear" but it really pays to read, coz if u really do and do it will, it may become ur career (hard but not impossible). Oh no, I am not a pro, my reading sucks! There are a lot of advantage if u know how to read drum scores such as learning thru books.
Either way is good as long as u are having fun while grooving the band.
Either way is good as long as u are having fun while grooving the band.
