Drum Notes: Drum Beats Creator

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4.7
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About this app

* previously named “Drumap” now: “Drum Notes”.
* Grammy Academy awarded: app to support percussive music preservation.

🥁 Join over 200,000 drummers and percussionists using Drum Notes, a powerful drum beats creator to create and share drum beats, drum sheet music, drum tabs, and percussion score compositions. Ideal for beginners and pros alike.

Drum Notes features an intuitive drum notation system and drum score editor, perfect for creating drum beats, drum patterns, and drum grooves across genres like Samba, Marching Bands, Drumlines, Cuban percussion, and more.

Think of it as a more accessible version of Musescore, Flat or Finale, tailored for drummers. Like a drum machine or rhythm creator with real drum sheet music and drum notation.


🥁 FOR DRUMMERS - ALL LEVELS

Intuitive Drum Score Editor: Effortlessly create drum sheet music with a user-friendly drum notation editor, designed for drum set and percussion score creation.
Explore Drum Beats: Discover thousands of drum beats, drum grooves, and drum patterns shared by our community to improve your rhythm creator skills.
Practice Tools: Use a built-in metronome, customize drum grooves, and train using the drum score editor for better timing and rhythm.
Organize Your Notes: Keep drum tabs, percussion score ideas, drum patterns, and exercises neatly organized.


🎓 FOR TEACHERS - ENHANCE YOUR INSTRUCTION

Drum Exercises: Create, share, and manage drum sheet music and drum notation exercises easily.
Student-Teacher Groups: Maintain shared spaces for drum patterns, drum beats, and percussion score materials.
Public Library: Access a growing collection of drum grooves, drum tabs, and rhythm creator resources.


✍️ FOR BANDS - PERFECT FOR BATUCADAS

Arrange and Share: Organize complex drum patterns and drum grooves, and export them as audio or visual drum sheet music.
Private Groups: Share drum notation, percussion score compositions, and drum beats with your band.
Explore Percussion Rhythms: Discover drum grooves and drum patterns to enhance your sound.


🎬 FOR CONTENT CREATORS - SHARE PROFESSIONAL CONTENT

Export Options: Share drum beats and drum grooves as high-quality audio or images using the drum score editor.
Diverse Library: Use a wide range of drum patterns and percussion score elements for content creation.


🎵 FOR MUSICIANS - EXPAND YOUR PLAYBACK OPTIONS

Playback Tool: Use Drum Notes to playback drum beats, drum grooves, and percussion score loops.
Versatile Use: Ideal rhythm creator tool for practice, learning, and composing with real drum notation.


⚙️ ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Diverse percussion instruments:
Drum Set
Electronic Drum Kit
Cajon
Rumba Instruments: Congas, Clave, Cowbell, Shaker, etc.
Samba Instruments: Surdos, Repique, Caixa, Agogos, Rebolo, Pandeiro, etc.
Samba Reggae Instruments: Timbal, Bacurinha, etc.
Marching Band / Drumline Instruments: Quads, Snare Drums, Bass Drum, Cymbals.
Capoeira Instruments: Berimbau, Agogo, Pandeiro, Atabaque
And many more…

Percussion Library: Rock, Jazz, Samba, Marching Band, Capoeira, and more drum grooves and drum patterns.
Customizable Settings: Adjust BPM, accents, and refine your drum notation workflow.
Global Community: Connect with drummers sharing drum beats, drum tabs, and percussion score ideas worldwide.


⭐ PREMIUM FEATURES

Unlock unlimited compositions, advanced drum score editor features, and private groups. Support our mission to improve musical knowledge.


🌍 JOIN THE DRUM NOTES COMMUNITY

Developed by a team dedicated to empowering drummers and percussionists.
Drum Coach App: Explore our companion app for structured practice with drum sheet music, drum notation, and guided exercises.

We wish you great grooves!


#drum #drums #drumline #samba #percussion

* if you are looking for the app Drumap (drum app; drum map), this is it! Now we are called Drum Notes.

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Updated on
Apr 9, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

4.6
3.42K reviews
Wibbit Fwog
April 27, 2024
This app is great for my high school marching drumline. I love using it because I can make drumline music for the line. I like making long peices of music. But the problem is that if I make it too long, the app slowes down and sometimes crashes within 30 - 40 measures. Sometimes it doesn't even save. It would be great if it was fixed. But other than that, there is no other app out there that has FREE marching drumline instruments that I could use. I hope to hear back from you guys!
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UPBEAT STUDIO
April 28, 2024
Hey Wibbit, I'm glad you found us and that you are enjoying the app. We are launching a new version right now that will fix the delay issue you are mentioning. In one week it you should have it working already 🤩. If any questions, write to me on hi@drumap.com Good grooves.
Zachary Adams
September 18, 2025
For those of you like me who were wondering "gee, I'd sure like to make a new marching cadence, but I don't wanna have to write on paper", this is the app for you. It's actually a really effective way to do so, and it's main features are free. They have marching quads, base drum, snare, and cymbals, and then a bunch of other non-marching drums and auxiliary. Highly recommend 👍
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UPBEAT STUDIO
September 23, 2025
Thanks a lot, Zachary! 🙌🥁 We’re thrilled Drum Notes is making it easier for you to create cadences without the paper hassle. Glad you’re enjoying the marching and auxiliary instruments too! If you ever have ideas for new features, feel free to share at support@upbeat.studio Keep creating & keep the beat!
C U R I E L
April 6, 2022
Very well designed app for beginners as well as advanced musicians. Drum sound timbres and kits are comprehensive of many of the world's genres. Minus one star because its pro version is by "subscription" which these days equates to a "generic trash" business model imo because it blatantly robs the consumer, which means its totally okay creating an extremely unsatisfied customer base. The app is charging you a thousand times its value only to rent use of it, when Muscore is open source (free).
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