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Glitch Step

Breakbeat · style reference: Mad Zach-style glitch hop

#16 most popular105 BPM4/4practice 80–110 BPM level 3tripletstwo-pad rollstwo-pad layer
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Hi-hat
Clap
Snare
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
661e&a2e&a3e&a4lali&lali2e&a2e&a3e&a4lali&laliKick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2two-pad layer, −5 ms (Clap, R4)Hi-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, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, alt pad, R3Hi-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, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 2, accent, L2two-pad layer, −5 ms (Clap, R4)Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 2, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, ghost, L2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, ghost, alt pad, L1Snare, bar 2, beat 4, L2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, alt pad, L1Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, alt pad, L132232242232223232332222432322212121

▲ 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

84 → 105 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 heavy hip-hop groove that stutters: the triplet bursts on snare and hats sound like a sampler glitching. Keep the bursts even by splitting them over two pads, and hit the layered snare-clap hard.

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

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Watch finger drummers play it

Performances of this style on YouTube. Links open youtube.com in a new tab.

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