Open Hats 1

By Nate Brown Exercises hi-hat technique

This beat sheet is a supplemental to the "Learning To Read Series: Basic Drum Set Music 2" drum lesson video. The beat sheet focusses on introducing and working through some examples of the open hi hat technique.

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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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