A blog to help with learning and teaching Drums. Written by Theo Lawrence / TL Music Books.
These hip hop / funk drum beats and drum fills are around the Grade 4-6 level, but can also be useful for anyone above that level too. There is a pdf ebook available with more of these sheets and the video covers the whole book.
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This page continues from the last one, combining 8th notes and 16t notes to create hi hat patterns.
These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature.
These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones.
The Moeller technique works well on patterns 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
You could also add 8th note or 16th note swing to all of the patterns.
> = Accents (play louder). You can play the accents on the top of the hi hat for a clean sound.
You could play the accents on the hi hat edge with 45 degree stick angle, for a heavier sound.
Circle around the hi hat means open hi hat.
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This page and the next page concentrates on combinations of 8th notes and 16t notes to create hi hat patterns.
These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature.
These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones.
The Moeller technique works well on patterns 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
You could also add 8th note or 16th note swing to all of the patterns.
> = Accents (play louder). You can play the accents on the top of the hi hat for a clean sound.
You could play the accents on the hi hat edge with 45 degree stick angle, for a heavier sound.
Circle around the hi hat means open hi hat.
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This page focusses on accents on the hi hats whilst playing 16th notes with 2 hands. Adding double strokes to some or all of the non accents would be one way to extend this sheet further, as would adding open hi hats and appling different drum beats such as the beats in this book: 90 intermediate drum beats focusing on the bass drum – PDF ebook. You can also find more 16th note exercises with accents here: Accent Exercises with 16th notes – PDF ebook
These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature.
These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones.
The Moeller technique works well on patterns 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
You could also add 8th note or 16th note swing to all of the patterns.
> = Accents (play louder). You can play the accents on the top of the hi hat for a clean sound.
You could play the accents on the hi hat edge with 45 degree stick angle, for a heavier sound.
Circle around the hi hat means open hi hat.
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5
These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature.
These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones.
The Moeller technique works well on patterns 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
You could also add 8th note or 16th note swing to all of the patterns.
> = Accents (play louder). You can play the accents on the top of the hi hat for a clean sound.
You could play the accents on the hi hat edge with 45 degree stick angle, for a heavier sound.
Circle around the hi hat means open hi hat.
Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5
These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature.
These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones.
The Moeller technique works well on patterns 5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25.
You could also add 8th note or 16th note swing to all of the patterns.
> = Accents (play louder). You can play the accents on the top of the hi hat for a clean sound.
You could play the accents on the hi hat edge with 45 degree stick angle, for a heavier sound.
Circle around the hi hat means open hi hat.
If we move the hi hats from standard hi hat drum beats to the ride cymbal, we can then add in stepped hi hat patterns to the drum beats.
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The drumming on this song uses a strong 16th note hi hat rhythm throughout the song, with variations on the beat here and there and some short drum fills. The ability level is Grade 4-5.
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Don’t You Want Me – Drum Sheet Music By The Human League. Individual Part. 2 pages. Published by Theo Lawrence / TL Music Lessons (H0.1053145-SC000003295). |
★ 16 Drum Beats for use in drum lessons or for self taught drummers.
★ Printable PDF
★ Try the Hi Hats slightly open for a heavy sound.
★ You could play the Hi Hats closed but change some of them to open Hi Hats
★ You could change the Hi Hats into Ride Cymbals, Floor Toms or Crash Cymbals
★ You could also combine beats into one exercises, such as exercise 1-2 or exercise 1-4 all in one go.
★ Try playing through all 16 exercises once each in one go without stopping or making any mistakes!
Here is Exercise Sheet 7 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2.
This sheet only has 2 exercises because we have doubled the length to 8 bars. The structure is 7 bars of drum beats, with a 1 bar fill on bar 8, and then repeat. We are also adding in a short drum fill at the end of bar 4. Short drum fills in music help to break up repetative beats and sections and add a bit of interest to the music.
Exercise 1 is all on the hi hat and has plenty of open hi hats here and there to watch out for. Exercise 2 starts on the ride cymbal with stepped hi hats on all 4 beats of the bar, and then switches to the hi hats on bars 5-7 for some practice of switching your lead hand between the hi hat and ride.
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