What’s on the Basic Drum Beats poster
A 6-row table: Groove · Kick · Snare.
Counted in eighth notes: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. Hi-hat on every eighth unless stated.
- Basic rock — 1, 3 — 2, 4
- Pop / four on floor — 1, 2, 3, 4 — 2, 4
- Half-time — 1 — 3 only
- Shuffle — 1, 3 (swung) — 2, 4
- Bossa nova — 1, 3& — rim, clave pattern
- Motown — 1, 3 — 2, 4 + eighths
Half-time is the same tempo played to feel half as fast — the snare moves from 2 and 4 to beat 3 alone.
Questions about the Basic Drum Beats poster
- What’s on the Basic Drum Beats poster?
- A 6-row table: Groove · Kick · Snare. Counted in eighth notes: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. Hi-hat on every eighth unless stated. Basic rock — 1, 3 — 2, 4; Pop / four on floor — 1, 2, 3, 4 — 2, 4; Half-time — 1 — 3 only; Shuffle — 1, 3 (swung) — 2, 4; Bossa nova — 1, 3& — rim, clave pattern; Motown — 1, 3 — 2, 4 + eighths. Half-time is the same tempo played to feel half as fast — the snare moves from 2 and 4 to beat 3 alone.
- Who is the Basic Drum Beats poster for?
- Basic Drum Beats belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning instruments can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Basic Drum Beats poster?
- Learn the rock beat first. Most of the others are that beat with one part moved. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Basic Drum Beats belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Basic Drum Beats?
- Bass Guitar, The Brass Family and Cello Basics sit alongside Basic Drum Beats in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bass GuitarThe Brass FamilyCello Basics
- Is the Basic Drum Beats poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Basic Drum Beats downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Basic Drum Beats poster print at?
- Basic Drum Beats is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Basic Drum Beats loses nothing.Printing guide
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