Drum notation, fast.

Write drum notation as fast as you can tap it.

A drum notation tool built around a step grid.

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Free to use, no sign-up · Works on phone, tablet & desktop

A step grid showing a drum beat in the Beam editor

The same drum beat shown as engraved notation

Free for everyone

Everything a drummer needs to write drum notation.

A step grid turning into engraved drum notation

Step-grid notation

Tap the grid and Beam engraves real drum notation. All the common articulations and note types, including ghost notes, accents and flams.

A chart playing back in Beam with the playhead scanning the notation and the playback controls showing

Playback

Hear any chart played back with real sampled drums, with a metronome, tempo control, bar-range looping, and a playhead that follows along. Free for everyone.

The Beam rhythm generator with rhythm cells selected

Rhythm generator

Build rhythms, patterns and fills from the ingredients and rules you pick. Great for teachers and students making practice material around a theme.

A drum chart shown in both score and worksheet layouts

Worksheet and score layouts

Build the chart once, then choose how it’s read: a worksheet layout for practice, or a score layout for the full chart.

And more

Share by link Send a live link that updates as you edit, or a snapshot that keeps working even if you change or delete the original.
Cloud sync Sign in and your charts follow you across every device, automatically.
Works everywhere Phone, tablet and desktop, right in the browser. Nothing to download.

Try it now, free.

Tap out a beat, hear it played back, all in the browser.

Pro & Teacher

More for gigging drummers, students, and teachers.

Pro

Setlists

Create and arrange your charts into setlists. Setlist view brings up each chart in turn for easy live navigation.

The setlist picker open over a chart, showing eleven songs in playing order

Pro

Print-ready PDF

Export a whole chart as a print-ready PDF. PNG is free for everyone, and Pro drops the watermark.

The export dialog with options to download as a print-ready PDF or as a PNG of the selected bar

Teacher

Build 2- and 4-bar worksheets

Write longer worksheet exercises of 2 and 4 bars.

Two worksheet exercises built in Beam — a 2-bar half-time groove sheet and a 4-bar mixed-fills sheet, side by side

Teacher

Organise by student and location

Each student’s worksheets in one place, grouped by where you teach them, with status tags showing their progress.

A teacher’s student list at Oakfield Primary, eight students with chart counts and latest worksheet

Teacher

Shared student folders

Grant each student read-only access to their folder. No more lost worksheets or excuses for not knowing what to practise.

A teacher’s view of a student’s shared worksheet folder

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need more.

Every plan includes the full editor. The more you teach and play, the harder Beam works for you.

Free

£0 forever

For everyone. The full editor, free.

The complete step-grid editor
Playback with real drum samples
Rhythm, pattern and fill generator
Customise your kit voices
Live and snapshot share links
Export bars as a PNG image
Sync across your devices
Up to 10 charts

Pro Unlimited

£4 a month

For gigging drummers and serious students.

Everything in Free
Unlimited charts
Automatic cloud backups
PDF and watermark-free PNG export
Setlists to arrange charts for a gig

Teacher Everything

£8 a month

For drum teachers and their students.

Everything in Pro
Turn pages on someone else’s screen
Build 2- and 4-bar worksheets
Organise charts by student and location
Track student progress on every worksheet
Shared folders for each student

Your first chart is a tap away.

No sign-up needed to try it. Open Beam and get tapping.