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NY drill drum pattern

Written at 140-150 BPM, felt in half-time; aggressive, less space than UK. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

144 BPM · Drill 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
  • Lands between two steps
The NY drill drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Crash1 (soft)–
Closed hat1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15 (roll), 16 (between steps)1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14 (roll, soft), 15 (roll), 16 (roll)
Clap913
Snare913
Kick1, 151, 7, 15
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 144 BPM. No account needed to start.

How NY drill drums go

The UK drill skeleton (snare on beat 3 of bar 1, beat 4 of bar 2; 3-3-2 hats; very few kicks) with a fast roll closing every bar, sixteenth triplets or thirty-seconds, and a crash on the one; no swing.

Questions about NY drill drums

What BPM is NY drill?

Usually 140 to 150 BPM. This pattern plays at 144 BPM.

How do you make a NY drill drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 15, the snare and clap on step 9, the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15 and 16 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 NY 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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Make a NY drill beat

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

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