Free Drumline Cadences & Street Beats
Free drumline cadences & “street beat” arrangements for marching percussion. These free drumline cadences are perfect for parades, football games, and performances!
Our Free Drumline Cadences
HOT TO GO! by Chappell Roan
Free drumline sheet music for HOT TO GO! by Chappell Roan. Easy, hype, and packed with crowd-led visuals — perfect for football games or pep rallies.
24K Magic by Bruno Mars for Drumline
Put your pinky rings up to the moon—this cadence brings all the Bruno vibes with layered groove, funk-forward tenors, and party-starting battery energy.
Whiter Mambo Drumline Cadence
An advanced-level cadence inspired by the groove of “White Mambo”—designed for college lines, drum corps, or strong high school batteries. Whiter Mambo brings the smoke.
Downfall of Us All for Drumline: A Day to Remember Arrangement
This drumline arrangement of Downfall of Us All (inspired by A Day to Remember) brings the energy of the original track straight to the battery.
Fight or Flight Drumline Cadence
Just like your fight or flight responses, this drumline cadence will make you feel awake and alert.
Cream & Sugar Drumline Cadence
This drumline cadence is slow and catchy with a main chorus and features for each section. This cadence starts out with a bass drum triplet groove and a split stick-click part.
Turn Down for What for Drumline: Lil Jon Arrangement
Turn Down for What by Lil Jon sheet music for Drumline + Marching Percussion. Want your drumline turned up? We got you.
Party Rock Anthem for Drumline: LMFAO Arrangement
Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO, arranged for Drumline + Marching Percussion. Want your drumline Party Rocking? Here it is.
UMass-ish Drumline Cadence (2009)
A simple, easy cadence for your high school drumline, based on the world-famous UMass Drumline Cadence.
Africa by Toto for Drumline
Can you hear the drums echoing tonight? This arrangement of Africa by Toto is perfect for any drumline or marching battery.
Jump On It for Drumline
Jump On It by The Sugar Hill Gang, arranged for Drumline + Marching Percussion. Want your drumline playing Jump On It? Here it is.
What makes a good drumline cadence?
Not all cadences are created equal. Some are cheesy and lame. Others are unnecessarily difficult.
So how can you tell? What are the criteria that determine if a drumline cadence is going to be great?
We did our best to compile a list of do’s and don’ts for your drumline’s street beat or cadence.
Do — Here are the elements of a great drumline cadence
This list is far from perfect. But a great drumline cadence will have most of all of these qualities:
- Comfortable tempo — usually 116-124 bpm. Right in the sweet spot for marching. [Bonus: start singing any John Phillips Sousa march, and you’ll probably be right around 120bpm]
- Beginning, middle & end — nobody likes a drumline street beat that just loops over and over and over and over and over. Stop the thing, tap off, and start again.
- Dynamic contrast — cadences 👏 should 👏 not 👏 always 👏 be 👏 loud. Mix it up some. Variety is the spice of life, y’all.
Don’t — Here's what NOT to do in your drumline cadence
We’ve seen all these things in cadences before. It needs to stop.
- Way too hard — We get it. You love watching old Blue Devils spree videos on YouTube. You’re not in BD 97’s snare line, ok? Relax. Just make the thing playable.
- Cheesy and lame — the “shave and a haircut, two bits” rhythm is forever banned from any drumline cadence forever and ever. It didn’t belong in Cavaliers’ iconic Frameworks dance break in 2002, and it doesn’t belong in your cadence.
What did we miss? Tell us what you think makes a good (or bad!) cadence for drumline, and we’ll add it to our list!
Other awesome drumline cadences
This is a great YouTube playlist FULL of awesome street beats and cadences for drumline.
