Learning To Read Series: Eighth Rests

By Nate Brown Drum Lessons, Level 1 Drum Lessons, Reading/Counting 8th rests, reading

Description

In this lesson you will learn how to read and play around 8th rests. In order to do this lesson you already need to know quarter notes, quarter rests, eighth notes and 4/4 time. You will need the beat sheet for this lesson.

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Author

Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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Learning To Read Series: Eighth Rests