Drum sheet music free, interactive and printable
Play along with 2023+ drum sheets in your browser. Free interactive drum tabs, PDF downloads and a rhythm game to track your accuracy.
Every song on PlayDrumsOnline is available as an interactive drum sheet that scrolls in sync with the music, a clean printable PDF, and a rhythm game where you score points for hitting each note on time. Beginner-friendly rock and pop, intermediate funk and metal, advanced jazz fills. Search by difficulty, genre or artist, or upload your own MP3 and let our AI generate the drum sheet for you.
All free drum sheets are listed below, no account required to play in the browser. Want unlimited PDF downloads, MIDI export and AI transcription? See Premium plans.
How to read drum sheet music
Drum notation looks intimidating at first, but it is one of the easier notations to learn. Here is the short version that gets you playing within minutes.
Each line and space on the staff represents a different drum or cymbal: bass drum, floor tom, snare, mid and high toms, hi-hat, ride and crash. There is no pitch, only which drum to hit.
A quarter note gets one beat, eighth notes are two per beat and sixteenth notes are four per beat. The pattern of notes tells you the rhythm, while the position on the staff tells you which drum.
Notes with stems pointing up are usually played with the hands (snare, toms, cymbals). Stems pointing down are played with the feet (bass drum, hi-hat pedal). An easy way to read hands and feet at once.
On PlayDrumsOnline the sheet scrolls in sync with the song. You do not have to count, just watch the cursor move across the bar and hit what is lit up. It is the fastest way to learn a new song.
Free drum sheets vs Premium
Every drum sheet is viewable in your browser. Premium unlocks the unlimited library, PDF and MIDI export, and AI transcription so you can turn any song into a drum sheet.
Free drum sheets
- Play interactive drum sheets in your browser
- Use the rhythm game to score and practice
- Adjust tempo, volume and metronome
- Save settings if you create a free account
Premium drum sheets
- Unlimited access to 2023+ drum sheets
- Download every sheet as a printable PDF
- Export to MIDI for use in your DAW
- Use AI transcription to turn any MP3 into a drum sheet
- Save scores, progress and personal playlists
Drum sheet music FAQ
You can play every drum sheet in the interactive browser player for free. PDF downloads, MIDI export and AI transcription require a Premium account.
Yes. Premium accounts can download every drum sheet as a printable PDF. Free accounts can play the interactive version in the browser without downloading.
Yes. Use the difficulty filter on the songs library to find beginner drum sheets: easy rock and pop songs that focus on quarter notes, eighth notes and basic backbeats.
Premium members can upload an MP3 or paste a YouTube link and our AI will generate a drum sheet automatically. The result is editable and exportable as PDF or MIDI.
Yes. The interactive player works in any modern browser on desktop, tablet and phone. Connect an electronic drum kit via USB-MIDI on supported browsers to track your hits in real time.
Yes. Any USB-MIDI electronic drum kit (Roland, Alesis, Yamaha, etc.) works in Chrome and Edge. Your hits are scored in the rhythm game and your accuracy is tracked over time.