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Our free drumline cadences and street beats are written for marching percussionists who want music that grooves, travels, and excites a crowd. These pieces are ideal for parades, football games, and pre-show entrances — anytime your drumline needs to move with purpose and power.
Each cadence is scored for snare, tenor, bass, and cymbals, with a balance of playability and musical depth. You’ll find a wide range of difficulty levels, from beginner-friendly grooves to advanced showstoppers with dynamic stickings, rhythmic layers, and expressive rudiments.
Our pop song drumline arrangements bring today’s biggest hits to the marching field. From Pop and Rock anthems to Hip Hop and Funk-inspired grooves, these scores translate crowd-favorite songs into playable, powerful percussion features.
Each arrangement is written to capture the energy of the original — melodic tenor parts echo vocal hooks, bass drums lock into the synth or bassline, and snares add backbeat and character. Cymbals complete the picture with movement and shimmer.
Our drumline warmups and exercises are written for players and instructors who want to build cleaner, stronger, and more musical lines.
You’ll find a complete mix of hand technique drills, accent-tap exercises, hybrid rudiment patterns, timing studies, and endurance builders — all designed for marching percussion technique.
Each warmup targets a specific area of performance: control, consistency, stamina, or section balance.
Our drumline beats and grooves are all about feel — short, powerful patterns that pack big sound into tight form. These are perfect for drumline battles, football stands, quick transitions, or solo features between songs.
Each groove is designed to be instantly playable while still teaching timing, dynamics, and ensemble awareness.
Want to show off your writing? Let us publish your charts for you right here!
You’re free to download and play all our cadences and compositions—that’s why we started Free Drumline Beats.
But we’re also here to help. Our blog contains articles and how-to guides to writing, arranging, tuning, teaching, and all things drumline.
We organize our posts into a few main categories so you can jump straight to what you need:
Short, focused walkthroughs on fundamentals like how to structure a cadence, choose tempo markings, or write clean five-stroke rolls.
Advice on running sectionals, teaching hybrid rudiments, and managing warm-up flow for different experience levels.
Ratings and reviews for heads, sticks, and hardware—plus tuning methods used by top high school and college lines.
Deep dives into how parts fit together, including notation examples from our own Free Drumline Beats cadences.
Fun reads like “Top 10 College Drumlines of 2025” or “5 Cadences Every Marching Line Should Know.”
Articles exploring creativity, inspiration, and the mental side of writing music under time pressure.
We’re constantly expanding this library, adding fresh perspectives from instructors, arrangers, and performers across the marching percussion community.
If you’re a student composer, you’ll find tools to take your first cadence idea and turn it into a playable score.
You’ll learn how to think like an arranger… not just writing cool licks, but understanding how each section supports the groove.
If you’re a band director or instructor, you’ll find resources that help you write or adapt material to fit your ensemble’s skill level.
We’ll show you how to balance technical challenge with clarity and how to get your drumline sounding clean faster.
If you’re a seasoned arranger, you’ll find advanced techniques, notation tips, and writing inspiration to keep pushing your work forward.
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