88 BPM
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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: Moving a kick hit onto the off-beat.
This is lesson 5 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, “Eighth-Note Hi-Hat,” covered doubling the hi-hat for a driving feel. Next is Lesson 6, “Four on the floor with 8th notes.”
On slot A that second kick is going to land on the & of 2. 1 & 2 &. Start by getting those first two beats down. Count slow. Kick on 1 and the & of 2, snare on 2, and hats on 1 & 2 &. Get these beats down and you can already jam a bunch of songs.
Practicing on a real kit or a pad? Start slower and work up to the lesson's 88 BPM with the free metronome's speed trainer.