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Sixteen Pocket

Funk · style reference: Jeremy Ellis-style funk break (Funky Drummer feel)

#3 most popular100 BPM4/4practice 75–105 BPM level 3ghost notestwo-pad rolls
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
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, accent, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 1, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, accent, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 2, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, accent, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 3, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 3, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, accent, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 4, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, alt pad, R3Hi-hat open, bar 1, beat 4, R3Snare, bar 1, beat 4, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, accent, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 1, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 2, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, accent, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 2, L3Snare, bar 2, beat 2, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, accent, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 3, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, alt pad, R3Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 3, ghost, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, alt pad, R3Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, accent, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, alt pad, R3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, alt pad, R33233232232232233223223332332233232232323223322322323

▲ 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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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

Sixteenth hats split across two pads (right index and middle) so they stay even. Accent the downbeats, keep the ghost snares whisper-quiet, and let the open hat on the "and" of 4 breathe before bar 2.

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

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