Behind and ahead

Pro

Timing lab

The same backbeat played laid back in bar 1 and pushed in bar 2.

The pattern

Bar 1

Closed hat

Kick

Crash

Snare

Bar 2

Closed hat

Kick

Crash

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

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.