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UK garage drum pattern

Heavily swung sixteenths (about 60-66%), skippy and syncopated. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

132 BPM · 909 kit · 1 bar · 62% 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
The UK garage drum pattern: the steps each drum plays
DrumSteps
Open hat7 (soft)
Closed hat3, 4 (soft), 7, 10 (soft), 11, 14 (soft), 15
Clap5, 13
Rim8 (soft), 16 (soft)
Kick1, 11
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 132 BPM. No account needed to start.

How UK garage drums go

2-step: no kick on 2 and 4, a kick on 1 and a skipping kick late in the bar, claps or snares on 2 and 4, shuffling hats, shakers and rims.

Questions about UK garage drums

What BPM is UK garage?

Usually 128 to 136 BPM. This pattern plays at 132 BPM.

How do you make a UK garage drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 11, the clap on steps 5 and 13, the rim on steps 8 and 16, the closed hi-hat on steps 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 15 and the open hi-hat on step 7. 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 UK garage drums swing?

Yes, about 62% 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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The free editor opens with a whole UK garage beat: drums, bass and chords, each part yours to change, add to or take away.

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