The Most Common Non-Common Time Signatures

By Nate Brown Drum Beat Lessons, Drum Lessons, Level 2 Drum Lessons, Monday Drum Lessons, Reading/Counting odd time

Description

I hope you excuse the pun in the title. “Common time” is a term used to refer to 4/4, which is the most common time signature. This lesson focuses on the most common, non 4/4 time signatures, giving you some drum beat and fill examples.

LESSON NOTATION LINK

Time Signature Cheat Sheet

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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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The Most Common Non-Common Time Signatures