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Chop Loop

Nu jazz · style reference: Makaya McCraven-style chopped-loop jazz

94 BPM4/4swing 57% 16thpractice 70–98 BPM level 3ghost notesswing
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Ride
Hi-hat open
Hi-hat
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, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 2, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 2, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 3, ghost, L2Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Hi-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, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 2, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 2, ghost, L2Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 4, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2322322232222322222322322232232223222

▲ 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)

Play-along

Everything plays.

Tempo trainer

75 → 94 BPM, +2 every 4 bars. Starts when you press Play.

Section chain

Build a custom order, e.g. Main ×3 → Fill 1 → Chorus ×4. Saved in this browser.

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

Practice notes

Live drums that sound edited: a swung one-bar loop, then bar 2 "chops" the backbeat a sixteenth late, like a sampler cut. Play bar 1 until it's a machine, then make the late snare in bar 2 feel deliberate, not rushed.

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

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