Amen Chop
Drum & bass · style reference: Spinscott-style live jungle (Amen break)
Practice notes
The four-bar break every jungle finger drummer learns first. Bars 1–2 are the same; bar 3 drops the late kick; bar 4 opens with a snare pickup and a crash. Keep the ghost snares light and the ride steady — start at 120 BPM and only speed up once bar 4 feels automatic.
Playing it on hardware? Set your layout on the Pads page, or see the setup guides for MPC Sample, MPC Live 3, Maschine and M-VAVE SMC-PAD.
The style reference names an influence only; this groove is an original pattern.
Drum & bass on pads, from 
Re: TUNES
A live drum & bass performance on the Re: TUNES channel — not this exact pattern, but the same style on real pads. Learn the groove here, then hear where it can go.
Watch finger drummers play it
Performances of this style on YouTube. Links open youtube.com in a new tab.
- Spinscott"Precision" (Live Jungle!)1.1M views
- SpinscottUltimate Amen Freestyle!!114K views
- LPSCHow to play the Amen Break on MPC One (tutorial)31K views
Videos show the style and technique; the pattern on this page is an original arrangement, not a transcription.