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Sunday Ballad

Gospel chops · style reference: Slow 12/8 gospel ballad

58 BPM12/8practice 45–66 BPM level 2odd meterghost notes
BPM
100%
Main12/8 · 8th
Instrument
Crash
Ride
Hi-hat
Snare
Tom high
Tom mid
Floor tom
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
123456789101112223456789101112Kick, bar 1, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 5, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 6, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 7, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 7, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 8, R2Kick, bar 1, beat 9, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 9, R2Snare, bar 1, beat 10, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 10, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 11, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 12, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 4, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 5, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 6, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 6, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 7, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 7, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 8, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 9, R2Snare, bar 2, beat 10, accent, L2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 10, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 11, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 12, R23222222232232222232222223232222222

▲ 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

46 → 58 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

Twelve eighth notes to the bar, felt as four slow beats of three ("ONE-and-a TWO-and-a ..."). The hat plays every eighth, the snare lands on 2 and 4. It's slow, so every note is exposed — keep the hat perfectly even.

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

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