Digital Drum Sheet Music Library
Quality Transcriptions You Can Count On
All the drum sheet music found on this page and throughout the site are full, note-for-note transcriptions transcribed by James Morton--long-time professional drummer, author of over a dozen books with Mel Bay Publications, and creator of the "Rock Charts" column formerly found in Modern Drummer--over the course of his 40+ year career.
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| 5-9 charts | 15% off |
| 10-19 charts | 25% off |
| 20-29 charts | 35% off |
| 30+ charts | 40% off |
Title
Artist
Year
Comments
Music
Price
Buy
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000
Latest song about the Golden State, this one darker in theme. Chad Smith showing how to play ghost notes.
$4.99
Donald Fagen
1988
Tight and crisp funk shuffle, from the movie Bright Lights, Big City. This chart is hand-written, but still reads clean.
$3.99
Coldplay
2002
One of the top groups of the last decade, Coldplay's "Clocks" won the Record of the Year Grammy in 2003.
$3.99
Sting
1985
Sting gets jazzy. Omar Hakim manning the drums. Cool, man, just cool.
$4.99
Crowded House
1986
Biggest band in New Zealand has big hit in US. "Trying to catch the deluge in a paper cup."
$3.99
Van Halen
1988
"That ain't the way to treat the broken hearted..." Brother Alex does the drumming. This chart is hand-written, but still reads clean.
$4.99
George Harrison
1987
George covers this obscure early rocker and goes to number one.
$4.99
John Mayer
2009
In March of that year Mayer tweeted: "Waking up to this song idea that won't leave my head. 3 days straight now. That means it's good enough to finish. It's called 'Half of My Heart' and I want to sing it with Taylor Swift." Which he did. From Battle Studies. Steve Jordan drums.
$4.99
Huey Lewis & The News
1984
From Sports. Do you know what the heart of R&R is? The beat!
$4.99
The Fray
2005
How To Save A Life - Big hit from the Denver, Colorado group. Featured in Gray's Anatomy.
$0.99
U2
1987
Have you tried looking in the closet? Bad joke. Good chart though, from the Irish supergroup that Kevin loves.
$4.99
Foreigner
1985
Huge hit, Dennis Elliot drums, big choir in background.
$3.99
Lenny Kravitz
1991
Went to #2 on charts. Title inspired by baseball legend Yogi Berra.
$3.99
Bruce Springsteen
1986
From Born In The U.S.A. Great lyrical song. Max Weinberg drums.
$3.99
Def Leppard
1987
Anyone notice that Rick plays better now, with one arm? This chart is one of our few hand-written ones, but it's still pretty neat and definitely readable.
$3.99
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2011
Do you like ghost notes? Drummer Chad Smith has a lifetime supply on this song.
$4.99
The White Stripes
2003
Grammy Award for Best Rock Recording for the Michigan duo.
$3.99
Motley Crue
1985
Tommy Lee rocks the drums, the other guys are shouting at you-know-who. From the September 1985 Modern Drummer.
$4.99
Nirvana
1992
Huge 1991 hit. Drummer Dave Grohl is continuing on in the Foo Fighters.
$3.99
Coldplay
2000
Helped by heavy rotation and usage in promotions, the song thrust the band into massive popularity. The drummer is Will Champion.
$3.99
Amy Winehouse
2006
From the album Back to Black, called by one critic "instantly memorable." It is.
$4.99
ACDC
1980
Singer Brian Johnson said that this song is for him the highlight of the band's catalog because it has "a special groovy beat that won't let you go."
$4.99