MuseScore Drumser notation different from actual notation!?
I knew I needed to learn drum set notation to write good music, because drums are a fundamental part of music. So I learned how to read it. But then going on MuseScore, it seems like the notation is different, such as the snare drum is on the wrong line. Maybe I'm just really bad at this or confused, but could someone please explain? Is MuseScore's drum notation off?
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I'm too lazy to check, but for reference Wikipedia.org has a General Midi Drum Map image which you may find useful in comparing MuseScore and whatever else other drumming scores you might have available, and since it is public domain I'll just post it into this:
Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/GMStandardDrumMap.g…
Rock On.
In reply to I'm too lazy to check, but by worldwideweary
I think the OP did not ask about Drum midi mapping. He just talked about drum notation. Which drum goes on which line in the staff, etc.
In reply to I think the OP did not ask by AndreasKågedal
I think you're right. D'oh!
This is the best guide to drum notation I have found. It has been referenced in other forum discussions too.
http://web.mit.edu/merolish/Public/drums.pdf
(PDF document which is actually a small 4-page booklet. You should print it out double-sided and fold it. So when you read it on your screen, things come in slight strange order since page 4 comes first)
And here is the Muse handbook for drum notation:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/drum-notation
The snare drum appears in the same place in both these descriptions (between the second and third line on the staff). Which was your source for learning drum set notation?
In reply to This is the best guide to by AndreasKågedal
The interweb :3
There is no one correct way to notate drums. Every publisher, every editor, every drummer, every textbook on the subject does it a little differently.
The notation used in MsueScore is pretty standard - although again, everyone has their own little variations here and there. If you prefer the way you leaqrned it - and more importantly, know for a fact that the people who will *read* your music learned it the same way as you - then you can customize things by clicking the Edit Drumset button in the drum window, as explained in the Handbook under "Drum notation".
In reply to There is no one correct way by Marc Sabatella
Thanks! I'll just use the MuseScore way. If it's pretty standard where everyone can read it, than its fine. My real problem was where the Tom atoms were located. But after talking to some friends who actually play drums, it's really all about the Bass, Snare, and HiHat. They are all in the same place, so everything else is a formality. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯