Anthony Thank you so much for your kind words about Beat Note! I’m thrilled to hear that the app has been a valuable time-saver for your teaching. Beat Note has only been released for a short period of time and there’s still so much to come! I hope you’ll continue sharing your feedback about your experience with the app.

I appreciate your feedback regarding the export to PDF feature. When I first implemented this feature, I worked closely with a group of users to find a balance between branding and usability. We decided on a small and discrete logo to help spread the word about the app while keeping the focus on the sheet music.

Since this is the first inquiry about removing the logo since the feature was released, I’d love to learn more about your perspective and how you’d like to see the exported PDFs. Your insights could help improve the feature for everyone. Would you be open to having a 1:1 chat to discuss this further? Alternatively, if you have any suggestions that could maintain the ability to brand and help spread the word about the app within the context of the exported PDF, please feel free to share them.

Thanks again for your valuable feedback and support! Best, Derek

Derek Lee thank you for your swift reply! I didn’t know the app was this “young” even more impressive what you managed to do in the amount of time.

I’d definitely like a 1:1 to explain the reasoning more. And I guess the only other feedback at the moment I could share is having the opportunity to add the counts above the notes to the exported pdf. But I realize I might be asking for things that are already supported but I’m not seeing in the settings. Please let me know how to schedule this talk with you.

All the best!

Anthony Thanks for your quick reply! I think the app is young (just hit two years!) and since I have a lot of plans for the future, I consider it to still be very early in the app's product lifecycle. 👍🏻

A feature request exists for adding the rhythm count here: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/display-rhythm-counting-with-music-notation

I've actually already started to build it and it's in beta testing. I don't have a target release date yet as I've been busy with some other work, so please vote for that feature (if you haven't already!) and I'll be updating that request once it's finished. The rhythm count will display both in the app and in the PDF export. If you have any other feedback or requests related to that please add it to that request. Thanks! 🙏

You can usually schedule a call with me right from within the app under the Settings Tab -> Meet 1:1 with Derek. However, I'm traveling long-distance on Monday and my schedule hasn't been ironed out yet - so the best thing right now would be to send me an email (Beat Note Settings -> Email Derek) and we can find a time that works for you (please let me know what time zone you're in). Looking forward!!

Derek Lee: Looks great! Well done Derek 👏

Derek Lee: 👍👍👍

Hinrich Nagel: Ross Farley I should have included some screenshots and a sample! 😅

#1. Screenshot of the options you can choose when exporting a PDF:

As you adjust these settings, the BN shows (along the bottom) how many pages will be generated.

I tried to include a sample, and discovered this site unfortunately doesn't allow PDFs to be uploaded. 😭

Here are some links to download samples (hopefully these show up as links!):

Derek Lee: 👍🏼🙏🏻

Anita Hoogewoonink: Thanks for your support Anita! 🙇🏻‍♂️

Derek Lee: I have an easy suggestion I think. Adding a “composer” input area on the right or left side below the title would be great. Very important to show accreditation to the composer.

Jesse Rolland: This is great feedback, thanks Jesse! I've made a note to ensure including the composer's name. 👍🏻

morgan: Thanks for your feedback and support! My apologies for not responding sooner.

Yes, screenshots and screen captures can be an appropriate workaround for printing. There are some BN users on YouTube and IG who are doing this in their videos actually!

That said, there still seems to be a lot of users to whom printing a PDF is an important feature for. I've been researching this topic more deeply lately and would be interested in your feedback on the questions I pose below. Thanks for your help and support!

Derek Lee:

Hi Derek,

#1: I would use the function to create sheet music for myself. I play drums for an artist and as I am not very good in writing my own sheets, I would "tap in" the beats that i play in a song and then create typical sheets as pdf-files.

#2: I would go with B - 8 bars per line. Thats also more or less the number of bars that fit in a line, when I write sheets by hand.

#3: Header Text: Song Title, Artist, Tempo, Time Signature, Song Number in a set (for example song 7 of 24)

#4: If i could configure the number of measures per line, that would be nice.

Many Thanks!

Derek Lee: Hello Darek,

First of all, thank you for the great app. Unfortunately, I never learned to write proper drum notes. Nonetheless, I can read drum sheet music. So I would like to use your app to tap in the stuff I play for my band and make sheets out of it. So it would be cool if it was possible to have more than two bars in one line. It would also be advantageous if you could name the individual parts (chorus, verse, etc.).

Thanks in advance!

Christoph

Christoph Schell: Thanks so much for your response and feedback! I understand that you want to make sheets from the music in Beat Note. Could you explain to me how you would use these sheets? Are you using an iPhone or an iPad? Do you want to print the sheets? Is it a song structure or chart that you want to create? The more details you can provide, the better! Or if you have time to meet I'd love to discuss with you in person. Thank you! 🙇🏻‍♂️

Derek Lee:Hi Derek,

Many thanks for the quick response!

I mainly use an iPad, but I would also like to be able to print the sheet music in A4 format. In my case it's mainly about the song structure. So what do I play in the intro, how many bars of it, what do I play in the verse, how many bars of it, which fill do I play in the last bar of the verse, what do I then play in the chorus , how many bars of it etc.

So it would be practical to give the sheet (song) a title, for which artist/band the sheet is used, tempo and then the actual song structure.

Since my English isn't that great, a zoom call probably won't be that helpful. I am using google translate for this answer.

Thank you very much!! :)

Christoph Schell: Thanks so much for your kind response! And for taking the time to use Google Translate so we can communicate. I really appreciate it! 🙇🏻‍♂️

Thanks for letting me know more about your use case. I can better understand now how you would like to use the app, and for what kind of use.

I have spoken with several users about the idea of transcription and charting sheet music for songs. In my research thus far, it seems each person has a very particular way they would like to chart or transcribe songs. This doesn't give me much confidence that I could easily craft a solution that would be intuitive to use and work for most people. This is the reason why I haven't built this yet, as I think it requires more research. I will continue to explore this and see how things progress. 👍🏻

Derek Lee: Thank you for this app! For me, sometimes I like to just print out the sheet and read from it as I practice.

Francesco Di Lillo: Thanks for your contribution, Francesco! Can you tell me some more about your practice routine? How will you practice something that you've printed out? Maybe you can share an example? What is it you like about practicing with the sheet music? Thank you!

Derek Lee: I’m very new to drumming but happy to share my routine and how Beat Note would come into play. Once I find a song I want to play, I look online for sheet music. Even when I find it, often I need/want to adapt it to my style and skills. And if I’m using my device to play music off another app, for example, I can’t use Beat Note to look at the measures at the same time. Finally, if I want to share a sheet music, it would be easier in PDF. I hope it makes sense.

Francesco Di Lillo: Thanks so much for sharing more about your experience! This is very helpful! 👍🏻 I'd love the opportunity to dive deeper into your routine to learn how Beat Note can be improved to help, and also learn more about how you'd like to see the PDF export. It would be great if we could chat in real-time. If you are open to it, please schedule a meeting with me from the app under Settings > Meet with Derek.

Derek Lee: Hi Derek, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment. As a drum teacher I am grateful to be able to use your app. Noting that there is a magnitude of books and other written material that is useful. However, I refuse to copy other peoples work. So having the use of your App I am able create my own drum notation and without stealing others peoples printed material. In the new year I am embarking on a new journey and offering to teach voluntary in Geraldton schools and at the Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC). I am sorry that I haven't contributed to this discussion; 'meaningfully on the topics'.

It will be a small contribution, but on my stationary I will pay my respects to you and make the following aware of your service - the students (that I teach), teachers, and to all the the the good people the support the children who frequent PCYC with the of your good works.

May I take this opportunity, to wish you a Happy Festive Season.

Take care,

Morgan

morgan: Thank you so much for the kind message and supportive feedback, Morgan! I really appreciate it and I appreciate you and your teaching!

I am building Beat Note to be the most impactful educational tool for drumming teachers, students, and content creators. While I am happy to start with my own experience, I know for sure you have your own unique and valuable experiences as well. Please continue to share your feedback and help me iterate on Beat Note to ensure it is not only meeting but exceeding your needs.

Please continue to share with me what else I can do to help your teaching have even more impact! All the best, Derek

Derek Lee: Hi, thanks for looking into that!

In the simplest version that i’d personally find very useful:

a) I’d use the functionality to create, share and use sheet music for full songs

b) Just printing all bars, 4 on a line, would be already great

c) Just the notes/pauses one can see when opening a beat would be enough

d) No specific printing options could be fine, or only something simple that you already suggested (if it is simple to implement) like “how many bars on one line?”. The first really important extension could probably be compressing identical bars/beats using repeat signs or smth similar.

Anyway, even really rigid export of full long beat would be great, but if you want to implement having the possible extensions in mind, happy to think about this more and suggest more stuff.

Irina Khismatullina: Thanks so much for sharing your feedback on this feature request! I'm excited to see so many people interested in exporting PDFs. This feature is currently in progress and coming along quite nicely. I will share some updates above so everyone can see them.

For your feedback:

d) In the first have included the ability for the user to choose how many measures per row of music to display.

For portrait orientation: from 1 measure to 4 measures wide

For landscape orientation: from 2 measures to 5 measures wide

There are additional options - I'll post a screenshot above. 👍🏻

I LOVE the idea of compressing identical bars/beats using repeat signs! I think this is something that not just PDF export should be able to do, but also the beats inside the app. I wonder what the easiest way to be able to configure and edit beats with this kind of functionality would be. 🤔

I've created a new feature request specifically for this enhancement. Please vote for this and add any other comments you have: https://roadmap.beat-note.app/feature-requests/p/id-like-the-ability-to-configure-how-many-times-a-measure-repeats-within-a-beat

> happy to think about this more and suggest more stuff.

The most important aspect of Beat Note that I want to communicate to you is that Beat Note is a constant work in progress, and I am always open to your feedback on how to improve it in any way possible. I have the first revision of the export to PDF feature almost ready for release based on feedback I've received thus far, so once it's available and you've had some time to play with it, please share your feedback on how it can be further improved. I will continue gathering feedback from you and others, iterating and improving the feature with each new release. 👍🏻 Thanks again for your kind support!