If you always wanted to play drums, but never dared to or had a chance to learn it, then here is where you can learn a bit about it.
I tried to produce some easy patterns for the beginning drummer. They can be freely copied and spread, but maybe you have to adjust another "font" on your computer. 

First you need to know what I mean by using the following symbols:


"X" indicates the "hihat/HH" 

"0" indicates either a "snaredrum/SD", on the second line
or a "bassdrum/BD", below the third line. In all the other cases a tom-tom is required 
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"-" above a "hihat" indicates "hihat closed" and "o" above a "hihat" indicates "hihat open" (at that count)

"*" indicates a rest (I always mention it, when used!)

"." indicates a note you count, but do not play

"|" in combination with "_" indicates my version of an eigth-note pattern marker. Sorry, but the system won't allow me to do better than this! Please use a little bit of your imagination...

 
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About the notation I use:
Everybody in the world of Drumming seems to use other ways of notating drumpatterns. I can remember at least six variants on the way I use the lines and symbols for drums and cymbals.
Anyway, I'll follow the notation I learned from Dutch drummer Cesar Zuijderwijk, playing with The Golden Earring.
What the heck...I'll try to make as much patterns as possible soon, hoping you'll like them...

            The full notation:                   The short notation:
             |                                  |
             |   |                              |
   HH       X    |    |                 HH     X
   Tom 1 |------0-----|--------------|       |--------|-------------|
   Tom 2 |-----------0---------------|       |        |             |
   SD    |:--------------0----------:|  SD   |:------0-------------:|
         |--------------|------------|       |                      |
   FT    |--------------|----0-------|       |----------------------|
   BD                       |    0      BD                 0
                            |   |                         |
                                |                         |

* HH=Hihat; Tom= Tom Tom 1,2 or even more when indicated ; SD=Snaredrum ; FT=Floor tom-tom ; BD=bassdrum 
(if other cymbals than the "hihat" are in use, this will be mentioned next to the symbol "X". For example "R.C"=Ride cymbal" or
"C.C" indicates a "crash cymbal")


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* This could be a basic five-piece drumset:

                                  crash or ride cymbal
                                             |
                                          --------
                    _____        _____
                   /           /
                  | Tom 1 |    | Tom 2 |      |
                  |       |    |       |      |
                        /           /       |
                    -----        -----        |
         Hihat                                |
           |                                  |
        =======           __________
           |    ______   | Bassdrum  |    ______
           |   /        |           |   /
           |  | Snare  | |           |  | Floor  |
           |  |  drum  | ------0------  |   Tom  |
           |         /        |               /
           |    ------        ***         ------
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   *   0  X  indicate:         0   0    X   X    indicate:
      |  |    1/4 note        |   |    |   |     2/8 =together 1/4 note
      |  |                    _____    _____
   *   0  X  indicate:         0 0 0 0   X X X X  indicate:
      |  |    1/8 note        | | | |   | | | |   4/16 = 2/8 = 1/4 note
     |  |/                   =======   =======
   *   |  |  indicate:
       |  |  1/16 note         Of course you noticed that it doesn't
      0   X                   matter if notes are standing upside-down
                              or that flags ("" "/") are turned.