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Trap drum pattern

Written at 130-160 BPM, felt in half-time. 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
  • Roll: quick hits inside one step
The trap drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Open hat–13
Closed hat1, 3 (soft), 5, 7 (soft), 9, 11 (soft), 13, 15 (soft)1, 3 (soft), 5, 7 (soft), 9, 11 (soft), 15 (roll, soft), 16 (roll)
Clap99
Snare99
Kick1, 7, 141, 8, 11
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 trap drums go

Clap or snare on beat 3 of every bar; eighth-note hats with a sixteenth, triplet or thirty-second roll about once every two bars, at the bar end or into the clap; a sparse, syncopated kick (two to four a bar) that the 808 doubles.

The bass, chords and sounds are on the Trap page.

Questions about trap drums

What BPM is trap?

Usually 130 to 160 BPM. This pattern plays at 140 BPM.

How do you make a trap drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1, 7 and 14, the snare and 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 trap 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 trap beat

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

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