Drum Notation by Beat Note

Beat Note — Drum Notation for Drummers, Teachers, and Content Creators

The fastest way to write, hear, practice, and share drum notation. Built by a drummer, for drummers.


FOR DRUMMERS — FROM YOUR HEAD TO THE PAGE IN SECONDS

You have a groove idea. Beat Note gets it down before you lose it.

Tap the sequencer grid to build beats. Watch them turn into clean, professional drum notation in real time. Hit play and hear exactly what you wrote — at any tempo, with a click track, on loop.

- Transcribe songs to check your ear and lock in what you hear
- Compose your own grooves, fills, and exercises from scratch
- Count in with a visual on-screen "1, 2, 3, 4" so your eyes and ears are ready together
- Use Beat Note as your in-ear metronome during rehearsals — your beats, not just clicks

"Been waiting a long time for an app like this. Clearly built by a drummer." — App Store review


FOR TEACHERS — WRITE IT, PLAY IT, SEND IT

What used to take 30 minutes in a desktop notation program now takes 2 minutes on your phone or iPad.

Write exercises on the fly — during the lesson, not after it. Play back the notation so students hear exactly how it should sound. Share a link so they can listen at home. Export a PDF they can print and bring to the kit.

- Use the sequencer as a live music whiteboard, in person or online
- Build a library of exercises organized by tag, ready for any student
- Send a shareable link or export a high-quality PDF in one tap

"What would normally take 30 minutes on a computer has become 2 minutes from my mobile device. My students love it." — App Store review


FOR CONTENT CREATORS — PROFESSIONAL NOTATION VIDEOS, IN MINUTES

Export your beat as an animated MP4 — portrait for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, or landscape for YouTube and Vimeo. Choose 720p, 1080p, or 4K. Pick a color theme. Preview before you export.

PDF, PNG, WAV or AAC audio, shareable link, and animated MP4 — all from one app.


NOTATION THAT LOOKS RIGHT

Professional drum notation, consistent across every format you export. What you see on screen is what your students get in the PDF, what your followers see in the video, and what you hear in playback.

- All standard drums, cymbals, and articulations
- Subdivisions from 8th notes to 32nd notes, plus triplets, quintuplets (5s), and septuplets (7s)
- Common and compound time signatures, including 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8
- Linear, split hands/feet, or split drums/cymbals voicing
- Sticking annotations (R, L)
- Single-measure repeat symbol (%) — renders automatically when measures repeat


ORGANIZE AND DISCOVER

- Tags, search, and sort to manage your beat library
- Discover tab: curated educational beats for all skill levels
- Beat templates to get started fast
- Customize tempo, click track, count-in, and timer


MADE BY A DRUMMER, SHAPED BY THE COMMUNITY

Beat Note was built by me — an independent developer with 35+ years behind the kit. But the direction comes from the community. Every major feature on the roadmap has been voted on, requested, and refined by drummers, teachers, and creators just like you.

Join the conversation at roadmap.beat-note.app — vote on upcoming features, share ideas, and see what's coming next. I'm here to make sure it all comes together into something that actually works.

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