Quarter-note pulse

Free

Timing lab

Lock to the beat: every hit lands on a quarter note.

The pattern

Bar 1

Closed hat

Kick

Crash

Snare

Bar 2

Closed 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

Lock to the beat: every hit lands on a quarter note. Bar 1: kick on every beat, hat with it on beats 2, 3 and 4, crash on 1. Bar 2: the hat stays on every beat, but the kick plays 1 and 3 and the snare takes 2 and 4.

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

Hear it first

Count "1, 2, 3, 4". Every sound sits on a number.

Play it clean

Left index kick. Right middle hat and crash, right index snare. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 64 → 70 BPM.