Do drummers use sheet music?

I often wonder about this.
How would the score be represented?
Images of particular drums, cymbals?
What about when the drum stick hits the drum hoops?

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SomeMichGuy · M

No, they use blanket music... 😉🤣

Yes they read music, but there is specialized notation non-pitched instruments and for "trap set" use.

Just as people learning various instruments may need to learn special C-clefs (piano music uses the treble/G- clef for the higher notes and the bass clef for the lower notes), drummers using a trap set know how to read a special notation for their set of drums & cymbals. (Note that percussionists play a lot of tuned instruments/instruments whose tones/pitches are important.)

(See
[i]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_notation[/i]
and
[i]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_tablature[/i])