Play · Drums
Build a groove.
Choose a style and listen to the architecture of the beat. Follow one row at a time, then try to tap the whole bar back.
Live groove
Feel the grid.
Kick holds the floor. Snare marks the backbeat. Hi-hat keeps the clock moving.
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Straight 8ths · Straight feel
HH
SN
KK
Kick
The low anchor. It gives the bar weight and makes the pulse easy to feel.
Snare
The backbeat. In a basic rock groove, it lands on beats two and four.
Hi-hat
The clock. Even when it stays simple, it tells you where the subdivisions live.