Sweet Quarters and Eighths 3

By Nate Brown Exercises 8th notes, quarter rests

This drumming music sheet is the third practice sheet designed to focus on quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter rests. Including a number of tricky combinations between the snare and rim, this beat sheet is a "thinker."

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate is a graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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