Pushed kick

The pattern

What you'll play

A real drummer's two-bar kick pattern with pickups. Bar 1: kick on 1, then a pickup just before 3 and another before the next bar. Bar 2: kick on 1 and its "and", the pickup before 3, then a soft snare ghost on the last 16th.

Hear it first

The pickups are short and quick. They push the beat forward.

Play it clean

Play the hats and snare alone first, then add the kick. Swing is 57%: every off-beat 16th lands a little late, so let those hits lean back instead of rushing them. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 78 → 84 BPM.