Push the third beat

Pro

Timing lab

A real two-bar pop groove: bar 2 moves the kick to the "and" of 3.

The pattern

Bar 1

Closed hat

Open hat

Kick

Crash

Snare

Bar 2

Closed hat

Open hat

Kick

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.