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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.
Taiko are Japanese drums, played for centuries at festivals, temples and the court. The modern ensemble style (kumi-daiko) began in the 1950s, and its rhythms are taught by kuchi shōga — spoken syllables like don (a center stroke), doko (two quick strokes) and ka (the rim).
Matsuri rhythms are festival patterns; yatai bayashi, from the Chichibu night festival, is a fast, relentless pattern played sitting low behind the drum; and ondo is the swung rhythm of bon odori, the summer dances for the ancestors. Here the floor and toms play the taiko and the rimshot plays ka.
Want to play along, or build a song from these? Open them in Drum Loops → Each beat becomes a loop you can edit, with fills, a count-in and a song.