Rock beat

Free

Pop & rock

The rock beat over two bars, with an extra kick in bar 2.

The pattern

Bar 1

Closed hat

Open hat

Kick

Crash

Snare

Bar 2

Closed hat

Open hat

Kick

Crash

Snare

Bright cells are accents, dim ones are ghost notes. Each row is a pad; each column is a 16th note.

What you'll play

The rock beat over two bars, with an extra kick in bar 2. Bar 1: crash on 1, kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, hats on the 8ths. Bar 2 adds a kick on the "and" of 3 and opens the last hat.

Tip: Fingertips, curved fingers, wrists slightly raised and loose.

Hear it first

Steady 8ths on top, boom and crack underneath.

Play it clean

Right middle hats and crash, right ring open hat, right index snare, left index kick. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 88 → 96 BPM.