Double bass beat: drum pattern and how to play it
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Tempo
- 206–206 BPM
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Loop
- 1 bar
| Open hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.
About this groove
The time is kept with quarter notes on the open hi-hat. The kick plays continuous 16th notes: a double bass pattern, usually split between two pedals. The snare marks the backbeat on 2 and 4.
In our catalog it is used at 206 BPM.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 4 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 2 |
| Kick foot | 16 |
| Kick notes without a cymbal | 12 |
The tricky spot is the 12 kick notes that fall between cymbal strokes — practice hand and foot on their own there before playing the whole groove.
How to practice it
- Press Play and listen to a few loops while counting out loud: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &.
- Lower the tempo to 125 BPM and play just the kick and snare along with the player.
- Add the open hi-hat part. When the loop feels relaxed, move up to 165 BPM.
- Finally play the full groove at 206 BPM, then try it without the player.
- Start the double bass part slowly and evenly; speed comes from relaxed ankles, not force.
- The syncopated kick notes are the tricky part — loop just the kick and hi-hat until they lock in.
- At this tempo, economy of motion matters: keep the sticks low and let them rebound.
Compared with the nearest groove
Compared with “Du hast” (Rammstein, metal 8th-note beat), this groove adds kick notes on 1e, 1a, 2e, 2a, 3e, 3a, 4e and 4a and plays quarter notes on the cymbal instead of straight 8ths — and it runs 81 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. metal 8th-note beat →