Everything you need to read drum sheet music, understand rhythm, and make sense of the patterns you play in the sequencer.
Hover or tap notes on a real drum staff to discover what each symbol means — and click to hear its sound.
Open guide →Understand quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes — and how they shape the feel of a groove.
Open guide →Learn how 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 work — and how each creates a completely different rhythmic feel.
Open guide →Rock, funk, half-time, and more — see how real patterns look on the staff, with context for each style.
Open guide →The 5 essential sticking patterns every drummer needs — single stroke roll, double stroke roll, paradiddle, flam, and five-stroke roll. Interactive playback included.
Open guide →Quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes — tap any subdivision to hear it. The most important skill in drumming, made interactive.
Open guide →Funk, jazz, reggae, hip-hop, and country drum patterns — each shown in real notation with one-click load into the sequencer.
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