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Linear Chops

Jazz fusion · style reference: Dennis Chambers / Gadd-style linear fusion

96 BPM4/4practice 70–100 BPM level 5ghost notesflams
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Main4/4 · 16th

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

131—
142—
153—
164—
9Q—
10W—
11E—
12R—
5ATom high
6SSnare alt
7DRide
8FCrash
1ZKick
2XSnare
3CHi-hat
4VFloor tom

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Tempo trainer

77 → 96 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

Linear drumming: no two sounds ever hit together. Hats, snare and kick share one continuous line of sixteenths, grouped in fives and threes so the accents drift across the bar. Very hard — take it at 60 first and count every group out loud.

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

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