Beat basics

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Potential headbang material

This is a collection of beat variations based on the basic groove. Inserting (or removing) kicks at the right places will make everything more groovy.

Unless specified differently, a closed hi-hat is implied at every step.

Basic groove

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
K - - - K - - -
- - S - - - S -

Basic groove + open hi-hat

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
K - - - K - - - 
- - S - - - S -
- O - O - O - O

1-and

1 & 2 . 3 . 4 .
K K - - K - - -
- - S - - - S -

2-and

1 . 2 & 3 . 4 .
K - - K K - - -
- - S - - - S -

3-and

1 . 2 . 3 & 4 .
K - - - K K - -
- - S - - - S -

4-and

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 &
K - - - K - - K
- - S - - - S -

1-and, 3-and

1 & 2 . 3 & 4 .
K K - - K K - -
- - S - - - S -

2-and, 4-and

1 . 2 & 3 . 4 &
K - - K K - - K
- - S - - - S -

2-and, 3-and

1 . 2 & 3 & 4 .
K - - K - K - -
- - S - - - S -

3-and, 4-and

1 . 2 . 3 & 4 &
K - - - - K - K
- - S - - - S -

2-and + snare variation

1 . 2 & 3 . 4 .
K - - K K - - - 
- - S - -S- S -

1-and + open hi-hat variation

1 & 2 . 3 . 4 .
K K - - K - - - 
- - S - - - S -
- O - - - - - -

3-and + open hi-hat variation

1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
K - - - K K - - 
- - S - - - S -
- - - - - - O -