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Drag rhythmic values into up to 4 beat blocks per line to build a drum groove, or click a tile then click a block to place it — handy on a trackpad.
What this lesson teaches: A driving eighth-note pattern voiced on the snare, with the downbeat of each pair accented for a chugging feel.
This is lesson 13 of 100 in RockBlocks Drum School, a free, stepwise course where each lesson adds one new idea to the one before it. The previous lesson, “Ghost Notes,” covered quiet snare hits between the backbeat, for texture instead of volume. Next is Lesson 14, “Halftime Groove.”
The lesson beat is loaded in the grid above. Press play to hear the loop, or drag the beat blocks to see how the groove is put together, one drum row at a time. Nothing you change here is saved, so every visitor starts from the same pattern.