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Tropical house drum pattern

Relaxed and sunny four-on-the-floor. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

108 BPM · 909 kit · 1 bar

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
The tropical house drum pattern: the steps each drum plays
DrumSteps
Open hat3 (soft), 7 (soft), 11 (soft), 15 (soft)
Closed hat1 (soft), 3 (soft), 5 (soft), 7 (soft), 9 (soft), 11 (soft), 13 (soft), 15 (soft)
Clap5, 13
Kick1, 5, 9, 13
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 108 BPM. No account needed to start.

How tropical house drums go

A soft four-on-the-floor kick, claps or snaps on 2 and 4, shakers, light percussion.

Questions about tropical house drums

What BPM is tropical house?

Usually 100 to 125 BPM. This pattern plays at 108 BPM.

How do you make a tropical house drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9 and 13, the clap on steps 5 and 13, the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 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 tropical house 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 tropical house beat

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

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