Drums are not played with notes but with events. You trigger the drum or you don't trigger it. But there's no such range thing like a piano has or strings or synths. Back in the 1980s some people thought, it would be good to have something like a drum map. Switching from a piano to strings only needs some adjustment in octaves but notes sound the same. Switching from one drum set to another could cause a mess or silence. Without a standardized assignment of note (events) and drums it's quite hard to move from a jazzy drum set with brushes to a more straightforward rock drum set. NoteDrum Sound NoteDrum Sound 35Acoustic Bass Drum59Ride Cymbal 2 36 Bass Drum 1 60 Hi Bongo 37 Side Stick 61 Low Bongo 38 Acoustic Snare 62 Mute Hi Conga 39 Hand Clap 63 Open Hi Conga 40 Electric Snare 64 Low Conga 41 Low Floor Tom 65 High Timbale 42 Closed Hi-Hat 66 Low Timbale 43 High Floor Tom 67 High Agogo 44 Pedal Hi-Hat 68 Low Agogo 45 Low Tom 69 Cabasa 46 Open Hi-Hat 70 Maracas 47 Low-Mid Tom 71 Short Whistle 48 Hi-Mid Tom 72 Long Whistle 49 Crash Cymbal 1 73 Short Guiro 50 High Tom 74 Long Guiro 51 Ride Cymbal 1 75 Claves 52 Chinese Cymbal 76 Hi Wood Block 53 Ride Bell 77 Low Wood Block 54 Tambourine 78 Mute Cuica 55 Splash Cymbal 79 Open Cuica 56 Cowbell 80 Mute Triangle 57 Crash Cymbal 2 81 Open Triangle 58 Vibraslap