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Reel Runner

Nu jazz · style reference: The Cinematic Orchestra-style live jazz breakbeat

152 BPM4/4swing 53% 16thpractice 100–160 BPM level 4ghost notesflams
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Ride
Hi-hat open
Hi-hat
Snare
Tom high
Tom mid
Floor tom
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
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▲ 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

122 → 152 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 chasing a looping bass line: a fast, broken breakbeat full of ghost-note chatter, with bar 2 skipping the downbeat because bar 1 already kicked on the last sixteenth. In the chorus the crashes jump onto the band's stabs. Learn it at 100 and let the ghosts stay tiny as you speed up — the drive comes from the kick, not from volume.

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

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