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Where can I find the music for rock tunes. I found the latest issue of MD to be very helpful with the 15 top drum intros. I would like to buy sheet music or find for free, different tunes so that I could learn them without guessing by listening to the CD.

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Originally posted by wizard61

Where can I find the music for rock tunes. I found the latest issue of MD to be very helpful with the 15 top drum intros. I would like to buy sheet music or find for free, different tunes so that I could learn them without guessing by listening to the CD.

 

 

I know this isn't the answer that you're looking for, but I think you'll be better off if you do transcriptions of the tunes you want. It's hard work (more so at first; it gets easier the more you do it), but it's is totally worth it. Not only do you get the chart for free, but you know for sure you've got the actual part, and the experience of slowing the tune down to 50%, listening to the same measure 10 times before you get it right will really help you connect with the music and the player.

 

I always say, if you want to know what somebody played on a given recording, go to the source!

 

/willy

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"Transcribing" is the act of listening to the music, analyzing the parts, and putting them down on paper as sheet music.

 

Drum parts are more commonly known as "arrangements," and to my knowledge, there aren't a lot of sites dedicated to this. I think most here would agree drum parts a little more interpretational than, say, a bass line, chord structure, or main melody. Different drum parts could be played on "Sweet Home Alabama," and it would still sound like the song.

 

What I've always recommended is that if you want to learn how to transcribe a drum part, by a drum book to a CD you know very well. Read along with the music while listening to the song to determine what the drummer was doing and how it looks on paper. It's a fun and different way to learn how drum notation flows - I'd say to try that out! Good luck! :thu:

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Actually, thats what I was trying to avoid. Thanks anyway.

 

 

Yeah, I know... you're looking for quick knowledge, and what I'm recommending is a long-term process of dedicated listening. IMO, if you found a book of drum parts to your favorite songs, it would likely be full of mistakes, and intentionally dumbed-down. The only way you can really know what was played is by transcription.

 

That said, I think you should be able to find books of drum parts in music stores, no? Guitar Center carry that kind of thing?

 

/w

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