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Two-Step Lights

UK garage · style reference: Fred again..-style 2-step garage

#2 most popular132 BPM4/4swing 62% 16thpractice 100–136 BPM level 3swinglate layerghost notes
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Hi-hat open
Hi-hat
Shaker
Clap
Rim
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, R2Clap, bar 1, beat 2, accent, R4late layer, +8 ms (Snare, L2)Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 2, R2Rim, bar 1, beat 2, ghost, R4Rim, bar 1, beat 3, ghost, R4Kick, bar 1, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 3, R2Clap, bar 1, beat 4, accent, R4late layer, +8 ms (Snare, L2)Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Hi-hat, bar 1, beat 4, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 1, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 1, R2Clap, bar 2, beat 2, accent, R4late layer, +8 ms (Snare, L2)Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 2, R2Rim, bar 2, beat 2, ghost, R4Kick, bar 2, beat 3, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 3, R2Clap, bar 2, beat 4, accent, R4late layer, +8 ms (Snare, L2)Rim, bar 2, beat 4, ghost, R4Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R2Kick, bar 2, beat 4, L3Hi-hat, bar 2, beat 4, R232422244324222324222432424232

▲ 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

106 → 132 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 · pads Z–V, A–F, Q–R, 1–4

Practice notes

The skip is in the kick: beat 1, then the "and" of 3 — never four-on-the-floor. The clap sits on 2 and 4 with a snare layered a few milliseconds late to thicken it. Let the swing do the work on the hats; don't push them.

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.