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Pop · style reference: Modern pop band groove

#7 most popular104 BPM4/4practice 80–110 BPM level 2ghost notes
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Hi-hat open
Hi-hat
Clap
Snare
Floor tom
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
1e&a2e&a3e&a4e&a2e&a2e&a3e&a4e&aKick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 1, beat 2, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 2, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 3, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, alt pad, R332323223323323232232332323223323323223322323

▲ accentshort bar = ghost note◆ grace note (hover for flam / drag / layer timing)● alt padfingering: L/R hand, 1 = thumb … 5 = little finger

131Crash
142Ride
153Shaker
164Cowbell
9QTom high
10WTom mid
11EFloor tom
12RRim
5AHi-hat
6SHi-hat alt
7DHi-hat pedal
8FHi-hat open
1ZKick
2XSnare
3CSnare alt
4VClap
Finger shown on each hit (R2 = right index)

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Tempo trainer

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Section chain

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Shortcuts: Space play · ←/→ tempo · T tap · M click · L loop · [ ] section · G/P view · pads Z–V, A–F, Q–R, 1–4

Practice notes

Verse is a tight sixteenth-hat groove; the chorus lifts into a disco feel with open hats on every offbeat. Keep the kick on "2-and" soft so it pushes rather than lands.

The style reference names an influence only; this groove is an original pattern.

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