BEEP BOOP
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Patterns

Drum patterns

Each pattern here is drawn on sixteen step keys, as Beep Boop lights them, and checked against published sources. Press PLAY to hear one, or open it on your phone.

Pattern 01

Four on the floor

Four on the floor: the steps each voice plays, of sixteen.
Kick1, 5, 9, 13
Tempo120 BPM
A kick on every beat, then house and disco. The whole page.
Pattern 02

Amen break

Amen break: the steps each voice plays, of sixteen.
Kick1, 3, 11, 12
Snare5, 8, 10, 13, 16
Ride1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15
Tempo136 BPM
Four bars from 1969. Bars one and two shown. The whole page.
Pattern 03

Reggaeton

Reggaeton: the steps each voice plays, of sixteen.
Kick1, 5, 9, 13
Snare4, 7, 12, 15
Tempo90 BPM
The dembow: three, three, two. The whole page.
Pattern 04

Boom bap

Boom bap: the steps each voice plays, of sixteen.
Kick1, 3, 7, 11
Snare5, 13
Hat1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15
Tempo93 BPM
Kick, snare, eighth-note hats, and swing. The whole page.
Pattern 05

Trap

Trap: the steps each voice plays, of sixteen.
Kick1, 13
Clap9
Hat1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15
Tempo140 BPM
Half time at 140. Bar one shown. The whole page.

More patterns

  1. Tempo by genreBPM for twelve genres, on one scale.
  2. Step sequencerWhat one is, and why sixteen steps.