Jersey drill drum pattern
Fast and bouncy at full tempo, not half-time. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.
142 BPM · Jersey 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
- Roll: quick hits inside one step
| Drum | Bar 1 | Bar 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Crash | 1 (soft) | – |
| Closed hat | 5, 13 | 5, 13, 15 (roll, soft), 16 (roll) |
| Clap | 9, 12 | 9, 12 |
| Snare | 9, 12 | 9, 11, 12 |
| Rim | 3, 7 | 3, 7 |
| Kick | 1, 5, 9, 12, 15 | 1, 5, 9, 12, 15 |
They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 142 BPM. No account needed to start.
How Jersey drill drums go
The Jersey club five-kick bar (sixteenths 1, 5, 9, 12 and 15) in every bar, with a snappy snare and clap doubling the end of the kick run (beat 3 and the last sixteenth of 3, with a ghost between them in the second bar), club hats on beats 2 and 4, bed squeaks in the gaps between the kicks, one thirty-second hat roll a phrase, a crash on the one; sometimes a triplet kick ending or a kick on every sixteenth of the last beat; no swing, not half-time.
Questions about Jersey drill drums
What BPM is Jersey drill?
Usually 135 to 150 BPM. This pattern plays at 142 BPM.
How do you make a Jersey drill drum pattern?
Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9, 12 and 15, the snare and clap on steps 9 and 12, the rim on steps 3 and 7, the closed hi-hat on steps 5 and 13 and the crash on step 1, 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 Jersey drill 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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