Speed garage drum pattern
Four-on-the-floor UK garage: the kick straight, garage swing (55-65%) on the hats, snares and top loop. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.
135 BPM · 909 kit · 1 bar · 60% swing
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
| Drum | Steps |
|---|---|
| Open hat | 3, 7, 11, 15 |
| Closed hat | 1 (soft), 2 (soft), 4 (soft), 6 (soft), 8 (soft), 9 (soft), 10 (soft), 12 (soft), 14 (soft), 16 (soft) |
| Clap | 5, 13 |
| Snare | 4 (soft), 5, 8 (soft), 13, 14 (soft), 16 (soft) |
| Kick | 1, 5, 9, 13 |
They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 135 BPM. No account needed to start.
How speed garage drums go
A kick on every beat with a little distortion, the clap on 2 and 4, open hats on every offbeat, skippy off-sixteenth snares from a top loop turned down under the claps and hats, a breakbeat loop low underneath; sirens, rewinds and gunshots between sections.
Questions about speed garage drums
What BPM is speed garage?
Usually 130 to 140 BPM. This pattern plays at 135 BPM.
How do you make a speed garage drum pattern?
Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9 and 13, the snare on steps 4, 5, 8, 13, 14 and 16, the clap on steps 5 and 13, the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16 and the open hi-hat on steps 3, 7, 11 and 15. 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 speed garage drums swing?
Yes, about 60% swing: every second step comes a little late, so the groove bounces. The editor plays it that way, and its Steps view can change it.
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