Stage 1Subdivision & the Grid
The 16th grid and the triplet grid, and a note placed anywhere on either.
Sixteenthstwice as fine
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Sixteen closed hats a bar, shared between the hands — the 16th grid on its own.
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The rock beat with the hat line doubled: 16th hats over kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4.
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Kick on the "a" of 1 and the "e" of 3 — the two 16th slots an 8th-note grid cannot reach.
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Tripletsthree where there were two
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Three notes to a beat, hand to hand — the other way to divide a beat.
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Triplet hats over the backbeat: three hats a beat, kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4.
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The middle note of every triplet taken out — and the sticking turns into doubles.
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Feelstraight and swung
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Swung 8ths on the hat: two notes a beat, the second one deliberately late.
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The full shuffle: swung hats over kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4.
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The shuffle with one snare a bar, on 3 — and a straight bass underneath that will not help you.
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Checkpointa bar of each — switching between patterns is what makes them stick
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One bar each: 16th hats, triplet hats, the shuffle, and the half-time shuffle.
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