Rock Eighths
The default backbeat — steady hats, snare on 2 and 4, kick anchoring 1 and 3.
108 BPM
- Feel
- Straight eighths · driving · stadium-ready
- Kit focus
- Closed hi-hat, backbeat snare, four-on-the-floor kick option
Signal 02 Grooves
Groove constellations
Common beats across genres — 16-step grids with kick, snare, and hi-hat lanes you can hear and loop.
Rock Sixteenths
Sixteenth hi-hats with the same backbeat skeleton — more energy, more control demanded.
96 BPM
- Feel
- Machine-gun hats · modern rock and pop-punk
- Kit focus
- Tight hats, accented snare, kick on 1 and the & of 2
Half-Time Rock
Snare lands on beat 3 only — huge space, massive tom fills, modern alt-rock feel.
78 BPM
- Feel
- Wide · heavy · halftime swagger
- Kit focus
- Crash on 1, snare on 3, sparse kick placements
Funk Pocket
Ghost notes, syncopated kick, and a hi-hat that never stops talking.
92 BPM
- Feel
- Dry · syncopated · chicken-grease pocket
- Kit focus
- Snare ghosts on e and a, kick on 1 and the & of 2
Funky Drummer Pocket
Clyde-inspired syncopation — ghost notes bubbling under a backbeat that never sits still.
98 BPM
- Feel
- Loose · greasy · sample-hunt legendary
- Kit focus
- Ghost snares on e and a, kick on 1 and the & of 3, relentless hat chatter
Linear Funk 16ths
Tower-of-power linear motion — no two limbs hit together except where the phrase demands it.
104 BPM
- Feel
- Clean · athletic · West Coast precision
- Kit focus
- Sixteenth hats, linear kick/snare placements, accents on the backbeat
Chicken Grease
Sparse kick, heavy ghosts, and space — the drum line says more by refusing to overplay.
88 BPM
- Feel
- Dry · behind-the-beat · New Orleans lean
- Kit focus
- Cross-stick color optional; focus on ghost depth and late backbeat
Disco Strut
Four-on-the-floor kick with open-hat sizzle and ghost chatter — dancefloor funk pressure.
112 BPM
- Feel
- Bright · four-on-the-floor · Saturday night
- Kit focus
- Open hat on offbeats, ghost snares between backbeats, locked kick pulse
Ghost Parade
Ghost-note parade on the snare with a syncopated kick — bootsy-adjacent pocket science.
96 BPM
- Feel
- Muted · syncopated · deep pocket
- Kit focus
- Low ghost wall on snare, kick on 1, the & of 2, and late 4
Jazz Ride Swing
Ride pattern spelling triplet swing with feathered kick and brush-ready snare comping.
120 BPM
- Feel
- Triplet swing · conversational · ride-centric
- Kit focus
- Ride bell on 1 and 3, skip note on 2, feathered kick
Shuffle Blues
Triplet grid with a lazy swing — snare backbeat riding the shuffle grid.
88 BPM
- Feel
- Triplet bounce · blues barroom · slow burn
- Kit focus
- Hi-hat shuffle, snare on 2 and 4, kick on 1
Bossa Nova
Brazilian cross-stick pattern — light, floating, and harmonically sophisticated.
116 BPM
- Feel
- Syncopated · nylon-string calm · brushless jazz-pop
- Kit focus
- Cross-stick, bass drum syncopation, constant eighth hats
Reggae One-Drop
Kick and rim on 3, space everywhere else — roots reggae and dub pressure.
74 BPM
- Feel
- Offbeat emphasis · space as an instrument
- Kit focus
- Cross-stick on 3, kick with the snare, hats on upbeats
Boom Bap
Lazy kick, crispy snare, hats with swing — the golden-era sample backbone.
86 BPM
- Feel
- Behind-the-beat · dusty · head-nod pocket
- Kit focus
- Snare slightly late, kick on 1 and late 3, loose hats
Metal Double Kick
Sixteenth-note kick engine under a locked snare — precision and endurance test.
140 BPM
- Feel
- Aggressive · grid-locked · double-kick drive
- Kit focus
- Alternating kick sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight hats
Gallop Ride
Triplet gallop on the kicks — da-da-DUM under a locked snare backbeat. Thrash and power metal bread and butter.
132 BPM
- Feel
- Triplet gallop · forward thrust · headbang physics
- Kit focus
- Kick on 1, the of-3, and 3 of each beat group; snare on 2 and 4
D-Beat
Hardcore d-beat skeleton with double-kick bursts — crust, d-beat, and extreme punk DNA.
148 BPM
- Feel
- Charging · raw · punk-metal crossover
- Kit focus
- Snare bombardment on 1 and the & of 2, double kick fills between accents
Half-Time Chug
Half-time snare with eighth-note double-kick chugs — djent and prog metal slowdown power.
88 BPM
- Feel
- Massive · slow-burn · low-string friendly
- Kit focus
- Snare on 3 only, double kick eighths, sparse china accents optional
Blast Beat Bar
Single-bar blast template — snare and kick locked in sixteenths, cymbal chaos on top.
160 BPM
- Feel
- Extreme · blast · endurance test
- Kit focus
- Alternate snare/kick sixteenths with constant hats — start slow, build control
Heel-Toe Groove
Heel-toe friendly double-kick grouping — two quick kicks leading into the downbeat each beat.
126 BPM
- Feel
- Articulated · controlled · pedal technique lab
- Kit focus
- Pairs of sixteenth kicks on 3-e and 4-e of each beat, backbeat snare
Triplet Kick Engine
Triplet-feel double bass under straight eighth hats — prog metal and tech metal staple.
118 BPM
- Feel
- Odd-group kicks · flowing · subdivision stretch
- Kit focus
- Kick groups of three sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight ride or hat