Ties

A tie

If two notes are joined together with a curved line they are said to be 'tied'. A tie tells you to hold the first note for the length or all tied notes combined. This particular method of notation is quite rare in drum kit transcriptions as, generally, a drum can't play long and short notes. It's just hit and that's that. The most common occurrence of a tie is when rolls are used.

Listed below are some examples of tied notes with a brief explanation of what the notation means.

Example 1

An example of ties being used

In this example the two crotchet notes (beats 2 and 3) are tied. This means you will play the note on beat 2 and hold it for the duration of both beats 2 and 3. So the first crotchet is held for 2 beats.


Example 2

An example of ties being used

In this example the quavers on the '+' after 1 and beat 2 are tied. Here you will play the first quaver and hold it until the semi quavers on the '+' after 2. So the quaver is held for 1 whole beat, but that 1 beat is split across beats 1 and 2.


Example 3

An example of ties being used

Here the first minim and the following crotchet are tied. You will play the first minim and hold it until the quavers on beat 4. This makes the first minim 3 beats long.

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