striking the sticks now......

Hello everybody.....
In the last post i told you how to set up your drum set.Now once the drums are all placed at their usual place the next step is to try your hands on the drumset.
Assuming that you have no knowledge of playing drums I am providing you some basic easy beats that you should practice initially to set your hands on the drumset.
But before that here are some notations for various drums:

Base drum - b;
Snare drum - s;
toms - t1,t2;
Hi-hat - h;
Floor tom - ft;
Crash cymbal - c;
Right foot - 0;
Right hand - *;
left hand - +;
- : blank;


Here are the basic drum beats:

1. straight beat 1 with Hi-hat:

c - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
h * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   | 
b 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |


NOTE: Confused about how to read the above written tab??Ok let me tell you.
The very first beat is on the hi-hat (with your right hand) and on the base drum(with your right leg) simultaneously.
The second beat is on the hi-hat (with your right hand).
The third beat is on the hi-hat (with your right hand) and on the snare drum (with your left hand) simultaneously.
The fourth beat is on thr hi-hat (with your right hand ).
And then repeat the same pattern.Its easy.

2. straight beat 1 with crash cymbal:


c * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
h - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0       | 0       | 0       | 0       |


3. straight beat 2 on hi-hat:


c - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
h * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0 0     | 0 0     | 0 0     | 0 0     |


4. straight beat 2 on crash cymbal:

c * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
h - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0 0     | 0 0     | 0 0     | 0 0     |


5.straight beat 3 on hi-hat:

c - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
h * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0   0   | 0   0   | 0   0   | 0   0   |


6. straight beat 3 on crash cymbal:

c * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
h - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |    
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0   0   | 0   0   | 0   0   | 0   0   |

7.straight beat 4 on hi hat:

c - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
h * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   | 
b 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |


8. straight beat 4 on crash cymbal:

c * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
h - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |

These are some basic beats the you should practice.Once you feel comfortable with these start mixing up these straight beats like:

variation:
you can get this variation by mixing up straight beat 1 and straight brat 2.

c - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |
h * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |
s     +   |     +   |     +   |     +   |
b 0       | 0   0   | 0       | 0   0   |

Above these are the simplest beats to start with.
Try these you will certainly gin some confidence.Good luck.