Add support for drumline / marching band (multi-instrument, including: snare, quads/tenors, bass drums, cymbals, etc)
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Max Altermatt
Hey Derek, I love your app. I play in a marching band and write all the sheet music for our songs. We have 3 different types of drums. A tom based drum, a rhythmic drum (more piccolo snares etc.) and bass drum. I would like to write notes for all 3, but be able to play it as one piece or separately. At the moment I am writing all the scripts in one piece, but over time it is tedious to read. Is there a way to do this?
Derek Lee
Hi Max Altermatt and thanks for your comment! I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying Beat Note! Thanks so much for the positive feedback and support! 🙏
As someone who has a personal connection to marching percussion, having marched in HS, college, and DCI, I understand the importance of introducing drumline support in Beat Note. I can honestly say it's been a part of my vision from the beginning. 👍🏻
Adding support for multiple instruments, including the audio samples, rudiments, dynamics, and other aspects needed to support marching percussion music notation, requires a considerable amount of work. I imagine we would also need ways to share/print individual parts and a complete score. Wouldn't it be cool to share all of the parts in Beat Note? And then be able to update the master score and have everyone's parts updated? I get excited just thinking about the possibilities here! 🎉
That said, I'm not sure where this fits into the overall picture for Beat Note just yet as there's still a lot that could be done with drumset as the app currently stands.
Thank you for creating this enhancement request! I will update the title slightly and also ask for feedback from the community to see who else might be interested in this. Thanks again, Max! 👍🏻