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Question: How do you read drum tabs!?
i need to know what the letters stand for!.
S=!? X=!?
B=!? x=!?
C=!? o=!?
H=!? 0=!?
t=!? g=!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Here are some basic notations!. Generally x just tells you what beats to play on cymbals and o for which beats on drums!. I'm not sure about the difference between upper and lower case x and o!. I don't really use tabs much!. g is for ghost stroke which is just lightly playing the snare!.

The Most Basic:
B = Bass-Drum
S = Snare-Drum
H = Hi-Hat
C = Cymbal
T = Tom

Drum Variations:
BA = Bass Drum
BD = Bass Drum
B1 = Bass Drum #1
B2 = Bass Drum #2
T1 = Tom 1 (T2 = Tom 2, etc!.)
TT = Tom Tom
F = Floor-Tom
FT = Floor Tom

Cymbals and Hi-Hats
RC = Ride Cymbal
CC = Crash Cymbal
SC = Splash Cymbal
OH = Open Hi-Hat
SH = Slightly Open Hi-Hat
CH = Closed Hi-Hat
HF = Hi-Hat (played with foot)


Percussion:
CB = Cow Bell
TA = Tambourine
SH = Shaker
WB = Wood Block
CL = Claves
BE = BellWww@QuestionHome@Com

i've never heard of that, what ever happened to sheet music!?Www@QuestionHome@Com