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Cloud rap drum pattern

Written at 130-150 BPM, felt in half-time; hazy, floating and slow-feeling, with more space than trap. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

140 BPM · 808 kit · 2 bars

The pattern, step by step

Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. A lit square is a hit; a fainter one is played softer.

  • Hit
  • Softer hit
  • Lands between two steps
The cloud rap drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Closed hat1 (soft), 3 (soft), 5 (soft), 7 (soft), 9 (soft), 11 (soft), 13 (soft), 15 (soft)1 (soft), 3 (soft), 5 (soft), 7 (soft), 9 (soft), 11 (soft), 13 (soft), 14 (between steps, soft), 15 (between steps, soft)
Clap99
Kick1, 158
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 140 BPM. No account needed to start.

How cloud rap drums go

Sparse trap drums drenched in long reverb: the clap on beat 3, filtered and chorused eighth hats, rolls rare and soft.

Questions about cloud rap drums

What BPM is cloud rap?

Usually 130 to 150 BPM. This pattern plays at 140 BPM.

How do you make a cloud rap drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 15, the clap on step 9 and the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15, then follow the grid for bar 2. Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. Open it in the free editor to change any step.

Do cloud rap drums swing?

No: every hit lands straight on the grid. The editor’s Steps view can add swing if you want the groove to bounce.

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Make a cloud rap beat

The free editor opens with a whole cloud rap beat: drums, bass and chords, each part yours to change, add to or take away.

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