Read drum notation
by watching it play.
DrumShed's notation view runs a playhead across standard drum notation as it plays. You watch the note get struck and hear it land in the same instant, so the dots on the staff stop being a foreign alphabet.
See it. Hear it. Read it.
Notation view
Standard drum notation rendered in real time as the pattern plays. The playhead moves through the score.
Grid view comparison
Switch between grid and notation view for the same pattern. See the same music represented two ways.
Slow it down
Reduce the tempo to read each note carefully. Speed up as notation becomes more familiar.
Sticking overlay
R and L labels above each note show which hand plays. Connect the notation to the physical motion.
Loop the pattern
Loop the pattern at any tempo. Repeat until you can read it at speed.
Notation export
Export any pattern as a notation image. Print it, study it, bring it to lessons.
How the staff maps to the kit
Every drum voice lives at a fixed spot on the staff. Learn the map once and most grooves read at a glance.
The same map ships inside the app as the Reading Notation help screen, with each example rendered live by the notation engine. And when reading alone isn't enough, Learn mode plays a pattern in stages — spoken count-in, then Learn, Play, and Performance — so your ears confirm what your eyes are decoding.
Practice this in DrumShed
Coming to iPhone, iPad & Android
Capture it. Shed it.
Keep it.
Learn to read by watching and listening.