Electronic drum beats to play online

Electronic music is built from drum machine patterns — house, breakbeat, drum and bass. Playing them on a kit is great practice for tight, even time.

The style in numbers (from our 8 grooves)

Tempo range

120–174 BPM

Typical tempo

127 BPM

Most common groove

house beat (5/8)

Grooves with ghost notes

25%

Shuffle or triplet feel

0%

Time signatures

4/4

Learn The median electronic tempo here is 127 BPM, against 118 BPM across all 150 songs. Compare tempos by genre →

Electronic songs

• ▶ Alors on danse Stromae · 120 BPM
• ▶ Around the World Daft Punk · 121 BPM
• ▶ One More Time Daft Punk · 123 BPM
• ▶ Levels Avicii · 126 BPM
• ▶ Insomnia Faithless · 127 BPM
• ▶ Amen, Brother The Winstons · 165 BPM
• ▶ Firestarter The Prodigy · 141 BPM
• ▶ Watercolour Pendulum · 174 BPM

Typical electronic drum patterns

The grooves most songs in this genre are built on. Learn these and the rest are small variations.