How Do You Write Music For A Drumline?
Are you a drummer getting good enough to start writing your own drum lines? Writing or reading drum music is like other types of sheet music; in the beginning, it takes time. The very old, traditional styles of writing sheet music mixed sound with a kind of mathematics, and even visual art, as ancient composers arranged notes on the page. For modern drummers, some reading and practicing is necessary as well as attention to detail. Know what you will be writing. If you are ready to try to notate a drum solo or line, it should be fairly well polished and standardized so you play it the same way each time. If it’s your first time writing percussive music, consistency will help make it easier. Get an empty score. Drum music is written on “sheet music” with lines, similar to a non-percussive score. Find drum music books with empty pages of sheet music to notate your own drum lines. Find the proper line for each drum piece. Rather than moving notes around on the score, your notes will stay i
