Beginner - Understanding Tabs(Drums tabs)

	        













Beats 
Understanding Tabs
Tabber: Levellersphan
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~~~~~~NOTE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What does s mean on the hi hat eg. HH-|s-s-s-sssss|
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  Timing

  
  This bar has 3 BEATS

  |------------|

  e.g

HH|x-x-x-x-x-x-|
 S|----o-----o-|
 B|o-------o---|
  
  This bar has 4 BEATS  

  |----------------|

  e.g

HH|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
 S|----o-----o-----|
 B|o-----o-o-----o-|
  
  This Bar Has 5 BEATS

  |--------------------|

  e.g

HH|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
 S|------o---------o---|
 B|o-----------o-o-----|

  This Bar Has 6 BEATS

  |------------------------|

  e.g

HH|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
 S|----o-------o-----o-----|
 B|o-----o---o---o-o-------|

  Tab Symbols

  These are the basic symbols that represent different drums and cymbals

  C---Crash
 C2---Crash 2 
 SP---Splash
  Z---Splash
  R---Ride
 HH---Hi Hat
 Hf---Hi Hat Played with Foot
  S---Snare
 ST---Small Tom
 MT---Medium Tom
 T2---Medium Tom
 FT---Floor Tom 
  B---Bass Drum

  Electronc drums just put a e infront of the regular symbols or make up your own

 eC---electronic crash pads
 eH---electronic Hi Hat 
 eS---Electronic snare 
 eT---Electronic toms 
 eB---electronic Bass 

  Ways of showing how you play the note 

  On drums
  
  O accent hit Har Hit
  o normal hit 
  d double hit 
  g ghost note very quiet
  * rim shot 
  f flam hit with both sticks at nearly the same time 
  b buzz roll

  On Cymbals 

  X Hard hit slightly open
  x regular hit
  o open ussually this apperars on hi-hats 
  
  

  Notes

  This is a WHOLE note (4beats)

  COUNT:1   2   3   4   
       |o---------------|

  This is a HALF note (2 beats) 

  COUNT:1   2   3   4   
       |o-------o-------|

  This is a QUARTER note (1 beat) 
 
  COUNT:1   2   3   4
       |o---o---o---o---|

  This is a EIGHTH note (half beat)

  COUNT:1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
       |o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|

  This is a sixteenth note (one sixteenth beat)

  COUNT:1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
       |oooooooooooooooo|

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