Straight rock beat
Kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. The backbeat you have heard a million times.
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Other instruments train their ears on intervals and chords. Yours listens for pattern and metre. Every bar below is labelled, drawn and playable so your eyes, ears and hands can learn the same idea together.
the playable groove gallery
Follow the blocks while each bar sounds. Tap the pulse on your knees, then copy the pattern on the quick kit or a real drum.
Kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. The backbeat you have heard a million times.
Kick on every single count. Disco and house live here — it never lets you sit down.
Nothing but 2 and 4. Strip a beat to its bones and this is what survives.
A hit on every eighth note. Fast, urgent, and the easiest way to feel subdivision.