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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 swung ride-cymbal ostinato (the 'spang-a-lang' shape) with soft snare comping underneath instead of a fixed backbeat.
This is lesson 52 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, “Offbeat Skank Groove,” covered a hi-hat pattern voiced entirely on the off-beat 'and' of each beat, with the kick landing alone on beat 3. Next is Lesson 53, “Waltz Time: Three-Beat Feel.”
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.