How to Write Drum Notation in Musescore 3

[@mrpook65]

Thank you, thank you! Finally, an explanation how to write drum music with one voice and stems up. I've been looking for years!

[@NinjaBusCow]

Looking through lots of MuseScore videos, this one was dope. Thank you.

[@SnackyPete]

Thanks!

[@jimmyreid235]

Thanks so much, I am an older drummer and I wanted to have the ability to put my transcriptions in a nice formatted musical text... I just watched 5-6 mins.. going to comeback and watch it all and then give it a shot... thanks again Youngblood

[@marv6424]

This helped a lot, many thanks!

[@dr.noname1234]

Literally exactly what I needed

[@forsakensounds]

Thanks a lot ! Very clear and straightfoward. Exactly what I needed to start writing drums in musescore.

[@ssa4910000]

For those who struggle with two note in same beat. Press "shift" when you enter the note. Like "Shift + B". 6:25

[@wido7676]

Thank you so much, this video was super useful to me

[@demonicsweaters]

glad to help!

[@BrianTCarter]

Thanks Demonic! Got me started with notation software and I'm going to include Musescore notation on my videos, soon as I get it together.

[@philchapman1463]

Thanks you so very much, I never would have figured this out on my own!

[@philipmathews360]

Thank you very much ! Exactly this is what I was looking for....

[@MNNocete]

Well explained! Now I know how to use Drumset in MuseScore. Thank you very much for sharing this very clear tutorial.

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad to help!

[@reggietedesco9191]

This was excellent. Ive been trying to learn musescore to transcribe some classic rock song music video drum parts and musescore is a little frustrating at first especially when trying to enter sixteenth note snare hits with quarter note bass. I didnt know that [shift] allows multiple drums on the same beat. I subscribed. Looking forward to more drum/musescore tutorials. Thanks a bunch!

[@caedmonherodofficial]

This comment saved me from having to watch the whole video

[@mantor360]

I was watching this video only to know that. Im saved now I guess

[@obsidiongamer7651]

Thanks for the tutorial bro luv from Aus 🇦🇺

[@ckturvey]

Thanks for the video! I would have struggled for hours until I figured out the shift key to be able to add more drums to the same beat!

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it helped!

[@gjjdkd]

Thank you! Immensely helpful! This helped me navigate the software as a brand new user. After working awhile, though, like Tyler Davis, I also had problems with adding 2 voices in some cases; also, could not find a way to add an open+closed hihat notation.

[@stevehannon9979]

Thank you thank you thank you. You are right this is very simple once I got past about 10 of your steps. You got me way farther than I would on my own Thanks again.

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it helped!

[@stevehannon9979]

Can I add a bass line to my drum groove?

[@vigilantedelnautico]

Thanks so much dude, great tutorial!

[@RickThibau]

Very helpful! Thank you, man!

[@carltaylor4942]

A great big thank you to you! Very useful. Clear and straightforward. Subscribed!

[@mateocordova9553]

thanks this was super helpful!

[@julianangelatos2319]

Thank you mate, perfect video!

[@josebw3032]

tysm sir for the explanation it helps me a lot. thank you🙌

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad to help!

[@WilliamSaadGuitar]

Very good tutorial, Thank you!!!

[@minels0248]

Thank you so much! Very helpful

[@joergmeyer7835]

Very helpful and saved a lot of time - thank you very much!

[@drummercubs]

Excellent explanation

[@benwinstanleymusic]

Thanks, very helpful

[@rhythmantic]

Thanks for the tutorial. I couldn't get the kick and snare notes placed correctly. There must be a step I'm missing.

[@dudefolife210]

thank you for this, Extremely helpful!!!!

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it was helpful!

[@batboy5023]

Thanks man no bullshit straight to the point I appreciate it!

[@demonicsweaters]

my pleasure

[@bernaczckij]

Perfect! Thank You!

[@arkoganguly9255]

Thanks a ton for the video bud! I downloaded it and was going nuts with it! Very nicely explained. Cheers!

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it helped!

[@KemalSaydam]

It is very useful. I needed this tutorial very bad. Thank you, man.

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it helped!

[@MichaelGawesebmainone]

Anybody knows how to add drums on an existing musescore file so it plays with playback without having to write down actual notes for drums. Something more then just pressing the metronome button

[@RyanandSaraDelling]

Wondering how I would make 6 or 7 different 4 bar exercises on one page?

[@gmeneagrosdarkthorn3290]

nice vid man ..... i understand the mechanics..... thank you . Can you make an electric guitar and how do we wright power cords ?. Thanks :).

[@albrin]

superb!

[@lozdrums7476]

Thank you so much for this, can't wait to use it now

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad to help!

[@bobdrums]

Great video man! I'm an advocate for the 2nd way of writing drums as my brain is just wired to read it easier ha

[@Gusrikh1]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stereo123]

Very helpful! Is there a way to add some alternating velocity to the hi-hats? That would be really nice

[@demonicsweaters]

Accents!

[@VladimirGrishanin]

Thanks a lot! That's what I was searching for. Now I can use the "Drum 3 style". The only trouble is that Musescore writes accents under the notes in this style. Can't make to write it over the notes.

[@mletalien]

Thank you, Sir!

[@toboalpha_drums]

Thanks bro !

[@satans_frog]

Ok so I'm trying this out and it's putting the notes 2 leger lines below the single line. How do I change it?

[@AnitaLife27]

OMG THANKS SO MUCH. So helpful! *Applause*. I've passed your vid along!

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad to help!

[@tylerdavis270]

Thank you for your video it was most succinct by far on KZbin. However, I'm having trouble inputting notes on the same voice if one is faster than the other. ex) hi hat playing 16ths snare playing 32nd notes. If you could explain this I would really really appreciate it. Thank you for all the help.

[@skinfiddler]

This is really good. All notes in this example are on the eighth note grid. I assume complexity would increase with adding faster note values in the voices ie., sixteenth notes in the kick or snare voices. Hey wait, that would be a really good video! 😀

[@preexclamation]

Thank you 💖

[@alessandrovaccari782]

Hi. What about brushes in Musescore?

[@alexfr811]

So useful!... can I ask, is it possible to assign additional letter-shortcuts to, say, the ride bell? thx heaps

[@demonicsweaters]

I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem like you can. I think because there are so many keyboard shortcuts already mapped for other reasons in Musescore.

[@chaikitmetal]

Thanks a lot, Teacher!

[@vitorandremirandarosa8057]

How to write ghost notes on the snare drum for example?

[@demonicsweaters]

Well there's several ways to do it, here's a good summary. I'll make a video tutorial in the future musescore.org/en/node/9007

[@paulgeorgmusic]

How do I incorporate the notation for open and closed hihat? I want to do it as a "o" a and "+" above the hihat cross-note. Thanks for the video!

[@Taylor-lv1hv]

how do you write rim shots in musescore?

[@markandeyraman8891]

Dear Demonic, you were of great help, thank you so much dear........one more thing if I have to write R L how should I insert alphabets ....Thanks once again.

[@demonicsweaters]

you can use 'staff text' from the left side menu

[@PaulTHarmony]

i'd argue to have the stems on the snare to go down too, it's fine for a simple beat like this but as the interaction between bass and snare gets more complex it gets harder to see the patterns when it's all coming down , at the end of the day reading is a tool to help you play something so the more instantly recognisable it is the better

[@russpiraino9096]

Is there a way to add separate line for a double bass, e.i. bass #1 & bass #2? I am trying to write 1/16 double bass rhythms. Thanks

[@demonicsweaters]

Yeah, you can press N for edit mode, the down on the bottom left click "edit kit" then you can setup the staff and drums any way you like!

[@stephentaylor9620]

i set B for bass drum but it plays a b sound on keyboard. A is set for snare but an A keyboard sound comes out. what do I do. I have selected drum set, drum clef but do not get drum sounds. Hmmmm? I'm very new to musescore but need to learn this drum stuff for a project

[@davethedrummer854]

Can you show the flam ang grace notes please..thank you

[@fluffyemu2714]

how do you add beams? mine just don't have any beams and I can't figure out how to add them

[@dannypercussionman]

How can i wrote ghost notes on snare drum?

[@Dave-nm8uk]

Very helpful - though I'd also like something for general percussion - not just a drum kit. I think Musescore uses similar notation for other percussion instruments - though some are only on one line. Also some odd things happen with Musescore if notes on 5 line staves are copied down to single or 3 line staves. I think MuseScore must have some "hidden" mechanisms - maybe treats many percussion instruments in the same way as drum kits.

[@toboalpha_drums]

how can we insert letters under notes: L R R L ?

[@hekimadivin2758]

thank you man

[@Rossferatu]

I don’t seem to have an “unpitched percussion” option in my choose instrument panel. Anyone have a solution?

[@demonicsweaters]

Make sure you're running the latest version. It should be there.

[@typingcat]

Isn't there a way to paste one measure into all selected measures at once, like you select and dragging in Excel to fill the cells? Do we really have to press ctrl+V (the number of measures) times?

[@demonicsweaters]

actually I'm not sure, I need to get back into using Musescore so I can make a new tutorial.

[@R_Ultraloud]

Great. Tnx a lot.

[@maximilian_agrarshots]

Thank you verry much

[@skinfiddler]

I'm kind of struggling with how to add in stickings to stare solos and exercises.

[@demonicsweaters]

The only way I really know if is under the "text" pallet on the left side. Click the note you want to indicate sticking on, then click "staff text". It's definitely very tedious, but works. There's probably a better way. I'll look into this.

[@skinfiddler]

@@demonicsweaters Evidently there is some way under Add-Text and one of the selections is "stickings" My MuseScore 3 is up to date and I don't have that feature.

[@eljohncarajo]

Excellent tutorial mate!!! have a question, can you import to musescore a drum midi file (ezdrummer) and convert that file in to a notation drum ? Thanks in advance.

[@demonicsweaters]

No. Even if you could, MIDI data to notation usually ends up being such a mess to clean up, it’s easier just to write it out.

[@reechalex]

Hey Justin. Thank you very much for this video. I just came across this application recently and still getting my head wrapped around this. I am not a sheet music person. This is the first time I have come this close to sheet music. My problem is this: I have imported a midi and it has one set of lines. I would like to add a new set of lines below the existing set of lines and I am not able to do that. I can add measures but that crunches and makes the view smaller. Can someone please help me with that? Forgive my ignorance in the choice of words I used to explain my situation.

[@tejaskumar1498]

How do I add a shortcut for a note ? Like I want to play the ride bell but can't add a shortcut key to it .

[@demonicsweaters]

Right-click on a percussion staff and select "Edit Drumset, then you can edit keyboard shortcuts!

[@tejaskumar1498]

@@demonicsweaters thankyou! Also how do I add ghost notes ? I'm able to add parentheses(brackets) to the note but it did not change the volume .

[@demonicsweaters]

@@tejaskumar1498 You have to manually adjust the velocity of the ghost notes for playback accuracy. You can do this in the "inspector". Click the ghost note, press f8 to open the inspector, go to the bottom of the inspector window and set your velocity to about 30 or 40 or so.

[@vendettaknight104]

Thank you so much! The internet was not at all descriptive! :)

[@jamieseiple]

I tried the program and it would not allow me to put a bass drum right after a snare with 8th notes.

[@nidanshrestha]

how do i put base between two hi hat?

[@demonicsweaters]

What do you mean a base? Are you talking about beams? They are created automatically depending on what kind of note you enter. If you put in multiple 8th, 16th, or 32nd notes, the appropriate beams will be created by the program. Hope that helps.

[@BrianTCarter]

I'm running MuseScore 3.6.2, newest version I can run, and I can't find Drumset notation. Any tips? Thanks.

[@demonicsweaters]

Drum notation is just like any other notation, just select untuned percussion then drumset when selecting your staff.

[@karllfc11]

just wondering how do you add a crash cymbal to the measure? great video as usuall keep up the good work

[@michaelnguyenha5992]

why my drum score had no sound ?

[@tktattoocolour]

when i key snare hihat disappear. i press A them Hihat gone sanare added. how can i fix it ? // sorry for poor English

[@demonicsweaters]

hold down shift when you're adding a note under an existing note

[@tktattoocolour]

@@demonicsweaters Ohhh Thank you!!

[@WizardOfArc]

How do you get the other drums? Up and down arrows?

[@demonicsweaters]

That's one way, yes. There's also key shortcuts. They're listed on the bottom of the program when you enter note entry mode.

[@athishayjain.m.k9257]

tq helpful......

[@Cantor214]

I couldn't figure out how to place one drum note on the staff until I saw this video. I might keep Musescore after all. Next problem - How to do dotted eighth notes? I already added 4 bars of eights on the hihat. Now I select the eighth note and the dot. The blue rectangle is on the first eightnote of the first measure. When I press shift-b for bass drum it keeps changing it from a dotted eighth to a regular eighth note! If just press b (no shift) it correctly adds a dotted eighth bass drum beat but I lose the first hihat eighth note.

[@demonicsweaters]

Select the note and hit period

[@Cantor214]

@@demonicsweaters Thanks. Its working now.

[@joel9784]

Thanks

[@pacmanlp8876]

hi, what about more advanced drum notation? Is musescore good for adding ghost notes, flams, drags, meter changes, odd groupings, sticking notation? I would appreciate your insight about this. Im an old finale user but im tired of its bugs and the learning curve is wider. thanks!

[@demonicsweaters]

Great suggestion! I have to learn those things myself, but I'm sure it can do it. I'll look into it.

[@RandyHanley]

How are you doing your video setup? Very cool I see VLC Media player as a Picture in Picture. OBS?

[@demonicsweaters]

This was in Linux and I believe I was using simplescreerecorder (I think that was it's name) however, you can use VLC as a web cam viewer in anything, just select media/open capture device

[@RandyHanley]

@@demonicsweaters Awesome! Thank you for the reply.

[@GiuseppeDellAquiladrum]

hi, how can i make the single misure large as the page?

[@demonicsweaters]

in the pallets section, got to 'breaks and spacers' then select the one that looks like an enter key (like a curved arrow) and drag it to the measure where you want the next line to be.

[@lloydlazarotv8223]

Thanks Bro

[@skinfiddler]

Hey, do you tried writing linear drum parts in MuseScore 3 (or 4?)

[@demonicsweaters]

Writing a linear part is the same as writing any other type of drum part. What is it about being linear that concerns you?

[@anzatzi]

Thank you

[@demonicsweaters]

Glad to help!

[@yavernulsia]

hey. how about making video of setting ubuntu 16,18 upon macbook 2 from 2007? for all starving boys?

[@demonicsweaters]

I would if I still had a MacBook, but sadly I don't.

[@eelamite]

ty man : D

[@jas_bataille]

So I just started to use this software from drum notation today after years of writing by hand! It really is this easy. However, here's a few things to keep in mind : This is still made with orchestral arrangers so there are a lot of things you'll likely won't need (congas, whatever) while some specifics (open/close hi-hat and ghost notes, most notably) aren't here. However, the solution for this is to create new symbols under the "edit drumset" section. For the ghost note, use "electric snare" (no idea why it's there but OK), change the note head type to "void x" and rename it "Acoustic snare ghost". Don't forget to save! For the closed/open hi-hat, it appears the simplest way would be to create a + and a o head for the notes, but certainly there are people who figured out how to add it properly. Finally, the most annoying thing happen when you mix up 8th and 16th to create syncopated patterns *and* you change the symbol : let's say you input 8th, 8th, 16th on the hihat or ride line, it will work fine but it you switch to let's say ghost snare for the 16th note, it will place it to the *left* of the last 8th note, which is incredibly annoying. The best way I found is to write all the cymbal and ghost note pattern on one voice (ride or hi-hat) and to then correct hi-hat/ride symbols individually where you want your ghost notes, which are usually in-between. Dunno how professional drumset writers do it tho!

[@tkmusic6038]

this doesn't work. Whenever I'm writing swing and want to put a snare beat, it gets rid of the ride cymbal

[@demonicsweaters]

Hold down shift when adding a note under an existing note.

[@AndrewGibson.]

Arigato

[@karllfc11]

its ok ive sussed it ;-)

[@whatislove4587]

漂亮

[@demonicsweaters]

谢谢你

[@will9482]

ok. you have students and your name is demonic sweaters lmao

[@demonicsweaters]

Liam I don't the joke