With the virtual drummer learning to play Latin drum beats is easy.

Sheet music and drum class on Rhumba, Samba, Tango.

Follow the virtual drummer, you can easily read the drum sheet music and learn Latin drum beats.

Latin rhythms offer much space to drummers for a personal interpretation, in the sheet music of this class you can see the main ones: Rhumba, Samba, Tango, Beguine, Calypso, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Merengue and Bossanova. The original patterns are two 2/2 or 4/4 measures; you can add to these basic Latin drum beats all the variations that in the various Latin American countries add different accents and nuances.

Rhumba is especially interesting: it's considered as an universal rhythm. You can find its principal accents in the popular rhythms from all over the world and in the arrangements of any modern musical style. Rhumba drum beat is played at a fast tempo, the same pattern with a medium tempo is called Guaracha, and with a slow tempo is called Bolero.

You should try to apply all the rhythms in the drum sheet also to the other drum set elements.
If you want to continue studying drum rhythms, you might also be interested in the lesson dedicated to the grooves of Steve Gadd and the advanced lesson on Afro-Cuban drum beats.

Learn to read the drum sheet music:    Drum set elements    Notes and Rests    Tie and Dot