Two courses, ten lessons each
Foundations of Reading Music
Learn to read drum score and the stave side by side, from zero: how each line and space of the stave becomes a drum or cymbal, the drum kit and drum key, note values and grooves — from your first rock beat to reading a full groove chart — plus the same full music theory as every JT Hub course: clefs, letter names, time signatures, accidentals, major scales and keys, triads and musical terms, reaching an intermediate standard.
Includes play-along & sing-along backing tracks in every course, with tempo & key control, a live score and record-yourself feedback from Jason.
+ 7 more lessons
Advanced Sight-Reading & Theory
Linear grooves, rudiments, odd meters, double bass, polyrhythms and full chart sight-reading — with advanced theory: every key, intervals, chords, cadences, irregular time and musical terms — to an advanced standard.
Includes play-along & sing-along backing tracks in every course, with tempo & key control, a live score and record-yourself feedback from Jason.
+ 7 more lessons
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Which level suits you?
Both syllabuses side by side. If most of the left column feels familiar, start with the right.
Beginner → Intermediate
Foundations of Reading Music- 1Reading the Drum StaffThe percussion staff & notation key
- 2Note Values for DrummersWhole, half, quarter & eighth
- 3The Basic Rock BeatHi-hat, snare on 2 & 4, kick on 1 & 3
- 4Rests & Space in GroovesMeasured silence between hits
- 5Eighth-Note GroovesCounting '1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &'
- 6Sixteenth Notes & SubdivisionCounting '1-e-&-a'
- 7Reading Drum FillsMoving around the toms
- 8Time Signatures for Drummers4/4, 3/4 and 6/8 feel
- 9Dynamics, Accents & Ghost NotesLoud, soft & in-between
- 10Reading a Full Groove ChartPutting the beat together
Intermediate → Advanced
Advanced Sight-Reading & Theory- 1Sixteenth-Note & Linear GroovesFunk grooves & linear patterns
- 2Triplets & Shuffle FeelSwinging the eighths
- 3Reading RudimentsParadiddles, flams & stickings
- 4Odd Time Signatures5/4 and 7/8 grooves
- 5Double Bass ReadingTwo kick voices
- 6PolyrhythmsThree against two
- 7Chart Road MapsRepeats, D.C., D.S. & codas
- 8Jazz Ride & CompingSwing on the ride cymbal
- 9Advanced Fills & OrchestrationFills across the whole kit
- 10Full Chart Sight-ReadingReading real drum charts
"The lessons finally made sheet music click for me — I can read and play what I hear."
A JT Hub learner · Beginner → confident reader
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