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just get a blank piece of paper and draw it in. i use the two line system, top line is hands, bottom line is feet. right above the line, left below the line. for toms, draw a hollow circle and write in the number of the tom. for cymbals make a hollow box and use a letter for the cymbal if you need to. most people however are using the five line system. that works fine for a piano or a guitar or a row of tuned concert toms, but its pretty goofy for a regular drumset. when they put each individual tom or cymbal on a different line, it gets to be pretty funky to read complex parts. both systems obviously have their advantages and disadvantages, i find the two line system to be more practical and easier to read personally (and if an idea pops into my head, it takes a lot less time to draw a two live staff than it does a five line staff!).
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