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Bass Break

Breakbeat · style reference: Nu-skool breaks MPC routine

#8 most popular132 BPM4/4practice 100–135 BPM level 3ghost notestwo-pad rolls
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Hi-hat open
Hi-hat
Shaker
Snare
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, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 4, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 4, ghost, L2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 2, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Hi-hat open, bar 2, beat 3, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R232222223222322323222222323222

▲ 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

106 → 132 BPM, +2 every 4 bars. Starts when you press Play.

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

A broken kick against a steady backbeat. The kick on the "and" of 3 and the "e" of 4 is what makes it a break, not a four-on-the-floor. In the chorus the shaker carries straight sixteenths — keep it quiet.

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

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Watch finger drummers play it

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Videos show the style and technique; the pattern on this page is an original arrangement, not a transcription.