Shuffled 7/4 groove: drum pattern and how to play it
Loading the 3D drum kit…
Practice
Sound
View
Song grooves
· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
- Time signature
- 7/4
- Tempo
- 120–120 BPM
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Loop
- 1 bar
| 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 a long–short shuffle rhythm on the hi-hat. The kick plays on 1, 3 and 5. The snare accents fall on 2, 4 and 6.
In our catalog it is used at 120 BPM.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 14 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 3 |
| Kick foot | 3 |
Every kick lines up with a cymbal stroke, which makes this one of the easiest coordination patterns to start with.
How to practice it
- Press Play and listen to a few loops while counting out loud: 1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a 5 & a 6 & a 7 & a.
- Lower the tempo to 70 BPM and play just the kick and snare along with the player.
- Add the hi-hat part. When the loop feels relaxed, move up to 95 BPM.
- Finally play the full groove at 120 BPM, then try it without the player.
- Think in groups of three: every beat is split into a triplet “1-&-a”.
- This groove is in 7/4: count all 7 beats out loud until the bar length is in your body.