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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 steady sixteenth-note hi-hat with a syncopated kick and a cross-stick answering on the off-beats.
This is lesson 42 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, “Songo-Influenced Groove,” covered a different kick/snare syncopation than the samba feel, both built from the same eighth-note grid. Next is Lesson 43, “Second-Line 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.