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HOW TO TUTORIALS

How to Share Your First Chart

How to Share a Chart From the dashboard select the chart icon at the bottom of the page and open the chart library.Search the chart…

How to Build Your First Drum Chart

Open The Chart Template From the dashboard select the chart icon in the bottom menu to open the chart library. At the top of the…

How to Build Your First Drum Pattern

How To Create and Add a Pattern To Your Chart. Adding Multiple Patterns to Your Chart to Fit On One Page Adding Patterns to Your…

How to Create Your First Setlist

How To Create a Setlist Adding Multiple Charts to Setlist Add More Sets, Songs Without a Chart and Setlist Notes How to Edit Your Setlist…

FEATURE Tutorials

Main Pages in the App

Your Account Page Tutorial

Display Name: Use to add a name for your accountLogin and logout…

Your Pattern Library and Preset Library Tutorial

Your pattern library is located on the Patterns page. Select the icon…

Your Setlist Library Tutorial

Your Setlist Library and It’s Features Search and Add a New Setlist…

Your Chart Library Tutorial

Your Chart Library and its Features Search and Add a Chart Search…

Your Home Page Tutorial

The Dashboard is where you can see current upcoming performances to shared charts.

How to Use the Drum Chart Template

new features and updates

New Features and Update October 2025

🎉 Big Update Drop! 🎉 We’ve been listening to your feedback, and…

Changing Time Signatures and Tempo

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Tempo and Time Signature Changes You can change and add time signature…

liz charts -a library of videos of my process of charting cover songs.

Liz Charts

Pink Pony Club by Chappel Roan. Fun song for students to play…

Drum Charting Course

How to Write a Quick Chart When The Gig Starts in 2 Hours

You get the call for a gig, it starts in two hours and you will be playing two sets of original material…… What do you…

Intro: What Your Chart Should Look Like and Other Kinds of Charts

Download these charts and copy to your Drum Chart Builder Account

Step 2 How to Determine the Time Signature and Tempo of a Song

The time signature must be determined in order to count how many bars there are in a song (which we will cover in Step 4).…

Step 3 How to Determine the Feel Of The Song

It is very important to recognize and label the feel of the song on the chart. The feel is the way the music is played.…

Step 4 How to Identify Song Form and How to Count Out The Bars

Step 4 Identify Song Form and Counting the Bars Identifying the parts of a song allows you to see the whole picture. When you know…

Step 6 Learn the Most Common Bass Drum and Snare Drum Patterns That are Used the Most

Step 7 Practice the Basic Drum Patterns With Tracks

Practice The Basic Drum Patterns This lesson will help you identify the drum patterns you hear in recordings. When charting a song, find the basic…

Questions and Answers from Users

Drum Charting Tips

How to Build a Quick Setlist in Order

Here is a time saver on how to build a setlist in order…

How to Counting In The Band

Welcome! Try this way to hear the groove and the pickup so you…

Create An Artist Drum Chart Songbook

Print Your Charts.Make An Artist or Band Drum Chart Songbook Check out This…

Nashville Number Charts and Eddy Anderson

I use them when a chart is not available and I recommend that…

Creating a Drum Chart Can Be Beneficial for Several Reasons

Overall, drum charts enhance communication, accuracy, and consistency in drumming, facilitating collaboration, learning,…

How To Write Drum Music for a Song

You Can Follow these General Steps: Remember, writing drum music for a song…

Identify Song Forms and How to Count

Identifying the parts of a song allows you to see the whole picture.…

READ A CHART AND PLAY ALONG

DRUM SHOWS AND CLINICS

Drum Shows-Music City Drum Show Nashville – July 19-20, 2025

Drum Chart Builder will be at the show in Booth #11This will be the official New Release of the New Drum Chart Builder 2025.Get a…

PAST DRUM SHOWS AND CLINICS

Clinic at the Jazz Education Network Conference

Clinic Presentation – How to Write a Fast and Easy Drum Chart – 50 minute Clinic on January 7th at 9:00 AM January 4 -7…

DRUM CHART BUILDER LEGACY USERS TUTORIALS

New DCB Accounts and Migration Information.

We are discontinuing the Legacy App December 31, 2025. I want to thank many of you that have already started new accounts.Thank you all for…

How to Migrate Your Legacy Charts into the New Drum Chart Builder App

Move your charts into the new version of Drum Chart Builder A Note to Legacy Users from Liz Ficalora Thank you for using the legacy…