# Drum beat diagram **URL:** \ **Category:** Showcase your Work / Progress\ **Created:** [June 8, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129 "2020-06-08T16:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/jay/32/8_2.png) [@Jay](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/1 "2020-06-08T16:17:56Z")
I found this fun video on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lzqpgQYVXU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lzqpgQYVXU) and decided I wanted to try the first beat for myself. And because I normally forget everything I made a QFG style diagram for. Sharing it here were hopefully somebody else has any use of it. ![David Grohl 1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/questforgroove/original/1X/916a2543e737941dc40b744f533594c1cb7b9192.png) ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Mathijs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/robert_mathijs/32/335_2.png) [@Robert\_Mathijs](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Robert_Mathijs)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/2 "2020-06-10T19:24:08Z")
Nice! I love Stephen Taylor. Very nice guy and teacher who actually learned me some basic stuff when I just started. I mean, I bought one of his courses and played the beats on my Korg pad kontrol 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Povilas\_Simonis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/povilas_simonis/32/212_2.png) [@Povilas\_Simonis](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Povilas_Simonis)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/3 "2020-06-12T08:27:56Z")
Looks and sounds great! I am curious to know if there is simple way to make such diagrams? Best regards ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/jay/32/8_2.png) [@Jay](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/4 "2020-06-12T09:29:15Z")
I just used PowerPoint ---
**Author:** ![Povilas\_Simonis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/povilas_simonis/32/212_2.png) [@Povilas\_Simonis](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Povilas_Simonis)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/5 "2020-06-12T11:26:00Z")
Is there specific reason for different colors you used? I dont have a lot experience in this, but it seems that color code for a specific hand could be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Jay](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/jay/32/8_2.png) [@Jay](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Jay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/6 "2020-06-12T11:34:20Z")
It’s Robert’s convention that he uses in all the courses: red = right hand, orange is left ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Mathijs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/questforgroove.discourse.group/robert_mathijs/32/335_2.png) [@Robert\_Mathijs](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/u/Robert_Mathijs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://questforgroove.discourse.group/t/drum-beat-diagram/129/7 "2020-06-26T19:01:51Z")
I will change it to "Red square = Dominant hand and Orange Diamond is non-dominant hand. So for most people its still: right = red and orange = left Only difference is for left-handed people who now have to flip things around 🙂 This will future proof the diagrams for colourblind people and will make it easier for me to make diagrams for left and right handed people. I wrote the new funk course down that way and will start converting the old courses to that format as well.