Purdie shuffle

Pro

Funk

A half-time triplet shuffle with ghost notes, then a triplet tom fill.

The pattern

Bar 1

Closed hat

Kick

Tom hi

Tom lo

Crash

Snare

Bar 2

Closed hat

Kick

Tom hi

Bright cells are accents, dim ones are ghost notes. Each row is a pad; each bar has 12 steps.

This is a Pro lesson

Get every bar of the pattern, which finger plays what, and the practice steps, with feedback on every hit as you play.