Turn Down for What for Drumline: Lil Jon Arrangement

Turn Down for What by Lil Jon for Drumline - Free Drumline Beats.
Turn Down for What by Lil Jon sheet music for Drumline + Marching Percussion. Want your drumline turned up? We got you.

Turn Down for What by Lil Jon, arranged for Drumline + Marching Percussion. Never want your drumline to Turn Down? We got you.

Want your drumline to keep the crowd turned UP? This sheet music of DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s Turn Down for What for drumline is perfect for any marching battery.

The skills needed for this arrangement are mostly syncopated/upbeat rhythms, especially in the quads/tenor drums.

For drumline-only groups, this arrangement is perfect!

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Turn Down for What Difficulty Rating

Difficulty Ratings

Tempo
1
2
3
4
5
Rudiments
1
2
3
4
5
Stickings
1
2
3
4
5
Rhythm / Syncopation
1
2
3
4
5
Snare Complexity
1
2
3
4
5
Tenor Complexity
1
2
3
4
5
Bass Complexity
1
2
3
4
5
Cymbal Complexity
1
2
3
4
5
Ensemble Coordination
1
2
3
4
5
Endurance
1
2
3
4
5
Tempo

Sits around q = 100. Very playable by most groups, though the full sound at this tempo requires control and volume.

Rudiments

Includes diddles, 5-stroke rolls, and accented rhythms. No hybrids, but rudimental control is necessary for impact.

Stickings

Alternating stickings dominate, and while some passages suggest sticking decisions, very little is mandatory or complex.

Rhythm / Syncopation

Groove-based and built on syncopated hits, including visual rests and echo phrases. Needs feel and clarity but remains teachable.

Snare Complexity

The snare part has punch and character. Requires clean dynamic control, especially on accented/tap patterns and hits in the breakdown.

Tenor Complexity

Tenor writing is sparse, simple, and groove-supportive. There are no fast sweeps, spock work, or cross-sticking passages.

Bass Complexity

Rhythmic interplay and unison-to-split moments provide interest. Some split phrases require precision but are brief and digestible.

Cymbal Complexity

Simple crashes and choke cues. Syncs with ensemble hits but stays rhythmically basic and visually open to interpretation.

Ensemble Coordination

Mostly layered unison, with occasional staggered entrances. No challenging handoffs or interplay beyond basic alignment.

Endurance

Relatively short piece. Moderate activity levels throughout with enough space between peaks to recover. Easily repeatable.

 

Turn Down for What for Drumline, by Lil Jon.

 

Drumlines playing Turn Down for What

We’re obviously not the first people to hear DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s track and think it’s perfect for a drumline.

There are videos all over YouTube of high school and college batteries playing this tune.

Even the Cleveland Browns drumline (who are actually part of the Bluecoats drum corps) have performed it.

You can find versions of it on Musescore and Scribd.

And prolific drumline cadence arranger JC Rubio arranged one all the way back in 2014.

Here’s his version—

And it’s no surprise. The song is catchy as hell. It was INSANELY popular. And its intro is basically begging to be played on a perfectly tuned kevlar head.

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Parts: Snare, Tenors (quads or quints), and 3+ bass drums. The bass drum parts could easily be converted into a 4- or 5-drum split.

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