How to write drum set notation

You may be interested in reading the handbook section about voices .

To input a score for drums, just create new score and choose percussion-->drum set, then you should consider that for example a basic rock rhythm has got two voices. First one on hi hat and the other one on snare and bass drum. I hope I'm clear.

Regarding the template thing, I think you can save an empty score with drumset selected as an instrument and put it in the template directory somewhere in /usr/local/mscore or something like that.

Right now drum input works best with a MIDI keyboard. For example pressing the bass drum note on the keyboard produces a note in the bottom space, and pressing the high hat produces a cross-head note in the top space. These positions can be configured by right-clicking on an empty part of the measure and selecting "Edit Drumset..."

There are improvements to drum notation in version 0.9.3, but at this time drum notation is not easy to use via mouse input. With a little work is possible to configure (hack) the drumset to work well visually with mouse input using version 0.9.3. For example you could edit the drumset so that pitch 76 (top space) uses a cross-head note automatically. The trade off is that playback would not use the correct sounds.

A MIDI drum set might also work. I don't know that anyone has tried it.

I'm unfamiliar with drum set music, and I know that there are different ways to notate drum music. Is there a list or chart, or can someone just tell me, what symbols in Musescore correspond to the different drums? Thanks!