The Cheapest High-Quality Drum Charts Around!

No matter your current drumming skills, you can always get BETTER. And playing drum charts is one of the quickest and most fun ways to accelerate yourself on the path to becoming a great drummer.

That's what this site is all about--providing you with the resources to help you become the best drummer you can be. The resources you'll find on this site include:

Hundreds of drum charts of the best classic rock songs in history See the drum charts

High quality transcriptions you can count on from a professional drummer of over 40 years

An array of free drum charts, grooves, and solos

Prices starting from under $1 on the rest. Check out our great deals

Other resources, from video drum lessons to articles, quizzes, tips and techniques

Ready to get started? Then let's do it. Click below according to your drumming experience and be taken to the drumming headquarters respective to that level, or use the following link to go straight to the charts.

Beginners Headquarters

Advanced Headquarters

Or, if you prefer, take a little bit more time to get acquainted to CRDC. Read on below to find out more about us at CRDC and everything else you'll find on this site.

A Bit About Us

My name is Kevin, I'm on the left there in the pictures up above, and that's my dad, James Morton, on the right. (That's him back in the day in the picture on the left too). He's been drumming for around 50 years. I can't believe it, but that's well over twice as long as I've been alive!

In the early '80s he created the "Rock Charts" column for Modern Drummer magazine and that, along with transcriptions he wrote gradually over the course of his career, has evolved into the library of drum charts you'll find on this site.

To learn more about us and the story behind this site, check out the About Us page.

Teachers, Students, Professionals, and Beginners

Drum sheet music is one of the best learning tools for drummers at every level because the versatility it offers presents the chance to fine tune all sorts of skills, from reading to timing, sticking, familiarization, etc.

Gigging drummers often use drum sheet music to expand their repertoire of songs, making them more valuable to bands who would hire them. A drummer who is solid with the songs in our library is worth much more, gig-wise, than one who has to learn songs for the first time on the spot. So if you are a gigging drummer or aspire to be one, our drum charts library can be an invaluable tool.

At the same time though, drum charts are fantastic resources for drum students of all levels, and by the same token, for drum teachers as well. My dad started teaching drums privately to aspiring drummers in the early 70s and he's been doing it ever since. He's written books teaching drums, and now does it at a local college in San Diego, in addition to privately in his home studio.

He's always said that one of his favorite ways to teach students is to have them play drum charts. They develop and fine tune their reading while picking up on the nuances of the songs they play, tunes that established drummers have mastered before them.

Read this page for more on what my dad has to say about teaching drums.

Many of my dad's past students are professionals themselves now-- playing gigs and shows from Broadway to Vegas--and many of them are still playing the classics they first played with him using the charts on this site, except now they're performing them.

So whether you're a new drummer who just bought your first pair of sticks this morning, or you're already a savvy pro with a music contract to boot, reading (or just learning how to read) and playing the charts provided on this site will improve and sharpen your skills a great deal.

Drum Videos, Lessons, Articles, Tips, and More

Despite all this talk about drum charts, this site offers many more resources than some of the best drum sheet music out on the Net:

Enjoy free video drum lessons taught by my dad (with me manning the camera, of course)

Drum articles written by professional musicians

Videos packed with rock history and enough drumming awesomeness to inspire you all the way to the top of the pedestal

Music quizzes to test your drumming and rock knowledge

Music jokes to healthily make fun of yourself as a drummer and musician

And the complete collection of all of my dad's drum books

Chart Of The Month "Baby I Need Your Loving"     by The Four Tops $0.99 Watch Video * Add to Cart (Originally $2.99)

Featured Article Reading Drum Music by James Morton Try to capture the feel and style of each individual chart. Whether a chart is simple or complex, be true to the musical context... (Go To Article)