Drums plz plz plz help?

Question

hi i just got a pritty crappy set of drums and they only have the bass drum, snare, 2 toms(i think)(the things that fit on the bass, and a kettle(i think, its big and round) i want to know if i can play and the killers songs with thoes, and plz plz plz teach me how to read notes PLZ!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

To play the killers stuff you'll need to buy a hi-hat and a crash cymbal.

I love the Killers.

Notes are hard to read but you need to think of it like this: At the bottom of the bar (The black lines) Is the bass drum next is the floor tom and so on getting higher and higher.

If you can download guitar pro that would help alot

Heres a link for drum notation. http://www.rockdrummingsystem.com/underg...

Answer 3

Sounds like a reasonable kit to me. It isn't the quality of the instrument that counts, it is more the ability of the player. Reading between the lies it sems you are blaming your tools

Answer 4

You'll at least need a high hat and a ride cymbal to complete your set. Note reading is something that is a bit to complex to explain in this forum.  Check out any basic instrumental book to learn about reading rhythms. As far as drum notation goes: bottom space is the bass drum and the third space up is the snare. The second to bottom space up is the floor tom (what you are calling the kettle), next is the middle tom, and the next one up is the high tom.  The toms are usually shown as circled Xs.  The high hat is usually an X on the top space and the ride cymbal is an X on top of the staff. Drum notation is notoriously inconsistent, though, so it can  be a little different from one book to the next.

Good luck.  I highly recommend getting lessons; it'll make learning drums a lot easier. And give yourself some time learning those Killers tunes: the drummer is a badass.