Ride on top

The pattern

What you'll play

8th-note ride with a pedal hat on the backbeat, ride bell in bar 2. Bar 1: crash, then ride on every 8th. Bar 2: the ride moves to the bell on the "and" of 3 and the "and" of 4. The pedal hat closes with every snare.

Hear it first

The bell pings twice at the end of bar 2 and turns the phrase around.

Play it clean

Left index kick, left middle pedal hat. Right index snare, right middle ride and bell. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 145 → 155 → 165 BPM.