Hi guys, i've been struggling with sight reading forever and could really use some help with how to count more complex stuff (or at least complex in my eyes).
I'm primarily a drum set player and play mostly by ear and feel. However, I do have a soft spot for snare drumming and that's where I feel sight reading becomes inevitable, as the rudimental parts become more intricate.
I've been spending more time on my practice pad than on my kit lately, which really made me wanna dive more into the rudimental drumming and learn some snare licks. The problem is, when I try to read the music, if the beat isn't filled with a pretty straight forward pattern, i'm literally like a deer in headlights. It gets even more frustrating if I don't have an audio reference.
I'd like to get to a point where I can read the lick and count it slowly properly, without having to rely on copying what I hear when someone else plays it.
Here are two examples from two different licks that i've been trying to learn recently. I'd appreciate it if you could shed some light on how to count the tricky parts please.
Example 1:
I understand the first 2 beats are just "1 & a 2 & a", but I have no clue how to count the last three notes. I assume it's sort of a triplet that's spread throughout beat 3 and 4? or maybe not? either way, no idea how to count it.
Example 2:
Is that a sextuplet on the “and” of beat 1? A nested sextuplet? (If that’s even a thing?) I counted it slowly like “1 1&a1&a” (then the rest of the bar is just straight 16th notes). This is how I understood it, but I may be completely off.
Any corrections, tips and tricks are greatly appreciated
I'm primarily a drum set player and play mostly by ear and feel. However, I do have a soft spot for snare drumming and that's where I feel sight reading becomes inevitable, as the rudimental parts become more intricate.
I've been spending more time on my practice pad than on my kit lately, which really made me wanna dive more into the rudimental drumming and learn some snare licks. The problem is, when I try to read the music, if the beat isn't filled with a pretty straight forward pattern, i'm literally like a deer in headlights. It gets even more frustrating if I don't have an audio reference.
I'd like to get to a point where I can read the lick and count it slowly properly, without having to rely on copying what I hear when someone else plays it.
Here are two examples from two different licks that i've been trying to learn recently. I'd appreciate it if you could shed some light on how to count the tricky parts please.
Example 1:
I understand the first 2 beats are just "1 & a 2 & a", but I have no clue how to count the last three notes. I assume it's sort of a triplet that's spread throughout beat 3 and 4? or maybe not? either way, no idea how to count it.
Example 2:
Is that a sextuplet on the “and” of beat 1? A nested sextuplet? (If that’s even a thing?) I counted it slowly like “1 1&a1&a” (then the rest of the bar is just straight 16th notes). This is how I understood it, but I may be completely off.
Any corrections, tips and tricks are greatly appreciated