Drum grooves

159 drum patterns, each played with a sampled drum kit. Open one to hear it, see every hit on the grid, learn how to count it and practise it at your own tempo.

Rock

28 grooves in this style.

Rock drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Stoner Doom Crawl4/464 BPM
When the Levee Breaks4/472 BPM
Grunge Sludge Pocket4/488 BPM
Bonham-Style Triplet Kick4/492 BPM
Back in Black Pocket4/494 BPM
Southern Rock Drive4/498 BPM
Basic Rock4/4100 BPM
Bo Diddley Beat4/4104 BPM
Ringo-Style Loose Backbeat4/4104 BPM
Britpop Tambourine Drive4/4112 BPM
Smells Like Teen Spirit4/4117 BPM
Texas Blues-Rock Shuffle4/4118 BPM
Indie Disco-Rock4/4126 BPM
Glam Rock Stomp4/4128 BPM
Fool in the Rain Shuffle4/4130 BPM
Garage Rock Stomp4/4132 BPM
Krautrock Motorik4/4136 BPM
Moon-Style Tom Roll Drive4/4136 BPM
Post-Punk Dance Beat4/4138 BPM
British Invasion Beat4/4140 BPM
Copeland-Style Reggae-Rock4/4146 BPM
Train Beat4/4150 BPM
Surf Rock Tom Beat4/4158 BPM
50s Rock and Roll4/4164 BPM
D-Beat Hardcore4/4170 BPM
Rosanna Shuffle4/4171 BPM
Ramones-Style Punk Eighths4/4176 BPM
Pop-Punk Skate Beat4/4184 BPM

Funk

26 grooves in this style.

Funk drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Go-Go Pocket4/492 BPM
Zigaboo-Style Syncopation4/494 BPM
Cissy Strut Pocket4/496 BPM
Funky Syncopation4/496 BPM
Linear Funk4/496 BPM
Purdie-Style Straight Funk4/497 BPM
Second-Line Funk4/498 BPM
Funky Drummer4/499 BPM
Psychedelic Soul Funk4/499 BPM
P-Funk Stomp4/4100 BPM
Superstition Pocket4/4101 BPM
Two-Handed Hat Funk4/4102 BPM
Gospel Chops Funk4/4103 BPM
Stubblefield-Style Ghosts4/4104 BPM
Neo-Funk Dry Pocket4/4105 BPM
Jabo-Style Ride Funk4/4106 BPM
Afrobeat Pulse4/4108 BPM
Funk-Rock Drive4/4108 BPM
Latin Funk Boogaloo4/4110 BPM
On-the-One Funk4/4112 BPM
Afro-Funk Bell Groove4/4114 BPM
Chic-Era Disco Funk4/4116 BPM
Minneapolis Funk4/4118 BPM
80s Slap-Bass Funk4/4120 BPM
Fusion Funk4/4124 BPM
Purdie Shuffle4/4126 BPM

Latin

8 grooves in this style.

Latin drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Son Clave 3-24/4104 BPM
Baiao Zabumba Groove4/4108 BPM
Bembe bell (4/4 triplets)4/4110 BPM
Samba Batucada on Kit4/4116 BPM
Cha-Cha-Cha4/4118 BPM
Bossa Nova4/4120 BPM
Latin Jazz Cascara 3-24/4176 BPM
Salsa Cascara 2-34/4180 BPM

Jazz

10 grooves in this style.

Jazz drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Medium Swing with Comping4/4120 BPM
Jazz Two-Feel4/4132 BPM
Jazz Swing4/4140 BPM
Hard Bop Press Roll4/4144 BPM
Jazz Waltz3/4150 BPM
Kansas City Hi-Hat Swing4/4160 BPM
5/4 Jazz (3+2)5/4170 BPM
New Orleans Trad Beat4/4176 BPM
Bebop Up-Tempo Ride4/4220 BPM
Tony Williams-Style Ride4/4280 BPM

Pop

2 grooves in this style.

Pop drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Billie Jean Pocket4/4117 BPM
Four-on-the-Floor4/4124 BPM

Soul

21 grooves in this style.

Soul drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Soul Ballad (12/8 Feel)4/460 BPM
Quiet Storm Groove4/466 BPM
70s Slow Jam4/472 BPM
Dilla-Influenced Neo-Soul4/480 BPM
Questlove-Style Neo-Soul4/484 BPM
90s Hip-Hop Soul4/492 BPM
Muscle Shoals Pocket4/496 BPM
Contemporary RnB Bounce4/498 BPM
Gospel-Soul Shout4/4100 BPM
Al Jackson-Style Backbeat4/4104 BPM
Chicago Soul Pocket4/4108 BPM
Daptone-Style Retro Soul4/4108 BPM
Blue-Eyed Soul Groove4/4112 BPM
Earl Young-Style Philly Soul4/4112 BPM
Motown Pocket4/4112 BPM
Southern Soul Shuffle4/4112 BPM
Motown Four-on-the-Snare4/4120 BPM
Soul-Jazz Organ Groove4/4120 BPM
Afro-Soul Groove4/4122 BPM
60s Girl-Group Beat4/4128 BPM
Northern Soul Stomp4/4132 BPM

Hip-Hop

22 grooves in this style.

Hip-Hop drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Memphis Triplet Phonk4/472 BPM
Cloud Rap Haze4/474 BPM
Lo-Fi Hip-Hop4/476 BPM
Dilla-Style Drunk Swing4/488 BPM
Hardcore Boom Bap4/488 BPM
Jazz-Rap Ride Pocket4/490 BPM
Boom Bap4/492 BPM
Golden-Era Boom Bap4/493 BPM
West Coast G-Funk4/494 BPM
Open-Hat Break Loop4/496 BPM
Old-School Drum Machine4/498 BPM
Crunk Stomp4/4100 BPM
New Orleans Bounce4/4100 BPM
Bay Area Hyphy4/4102 BPM
New Jack Swing4/4106 BPM
Electro Hip-Hop4/4127 BPM
Miami Bass4/4128 BPM
Drift Phonk Cowbell4/4130 BPM
Half-Time Trap4/4140 BPM
Trap Triplet Hat Rolls4/4140 BPM
UK Drill4/4142 BPM
Brooklyn Drill4/4144 BPM

Reggae

13 grooves in this style.

Reggae drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Dub Echo Pocket4/470 BPM
UK Digital Steppers4/472 BPM
Barrett-Style One Drop4/474 BPM
Nyabinghi Heartbeat4/476 BPM
Sly Dunbar-Style Rockers4/476 BPM
Flying Cymbal Reggae4/478 BPM
Reggae One Drop4/478 BPM
Roots Reggae Steppers4/480 BPM
Reggaeton Dembow4/494 BPM
Mento Hand-Drum Lilt4/4116 BPM
First-Wave Ska Shuffle4/4132 BPM
2-Tone Ska Beat4/4156 BPM
Ska-Punk Upstroke Beat4/4184 BPM

Electronic

8 grooves in this style.

Electronic drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Deep House4/4120 BPM
Chicago Jack House4/4124 BPM
Driving Techno4/4130 BPM
UK Garage 2-Step4/4132 BPM
Amen Break4/4136 BPM
Dubstep Half-Step4/4140 BPM
Drum & Bass Break4/4174 BPM
Liquid Drum and Bass4/4174 BPM

Practice

12 grooves in this style.

Practice drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
7/8 Rock (3+2+2)7/8110 BPM
7/4 Rock (4+3)7/4118 BPM
15/8 Rock (2+2+3+2+2+2+2)15/8120 BPM
7/8 Rock (2+2+3)7/8120 BPM
5/4 Rock (3+2)5/4126 BPM
9/8 Aksak (2+2+2+3 / 3+3+3)9/8132 BPM
Daychovo 9/8 (2+2+2+3)9/8140 BPM
5/4 Rock (3+3+2+2)5/4144 BPM
Kopanitsa 11/8 (2+2+3+2+2)11/8144 BPM
Paidushko 5/8 (2+3)5/8150 BPM
Rachenitsa 7/8 (2+2+3)7/8160 BPM
Fast Eighths4/4190 BPM

Metal

9 grooves in this style.

Metal drum grooves
GrooveMeterTempo
Funeral Doom Dirge4/456 BPM
Djent Polymetric Kick4/4120 BPM
Metalcore Breakdown4/4140 BPM
Death Metal Half-Time Kick4/4150 BPM
Metal Gallop Kick4/4160 BPM
Power Metal Double Kick4/4170 BPM
Hammer Blast Beat4/4180 BPM
Traditional Blast Beat4/4180 BPM
Thrash Skank Beat4/4200 BPM