Jazz drum beats to play online

Jazz drumming keeps time on the ride cymbal with the “ding, ding-a-ding” pattern, while the hi-hat closes on 2 and 4. It is about listening and feel.

The style in numbers (from our 5 grooves)

Tempo range

120–190 BPM

Typical tempo

170 BPM

Most common groove

jazz swing groove (3/5)

Grooves with ghost notes

80%

Shuffle or triplet feel

100%

Time signatures

5/4, 12/8

Learn The median jazz tempo here is 170 BPM, against 118 BPM across all 150 songs. Compare tempos by genre →

Jazz songs

• ▶ Take Five The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 172 BPM
• ▶ Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman · 190 BPM
• ▶ So What Miles Davis · 136 BPM
• ▶ Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra · 120 BPM
• ▶ Take the "A" Train Duke Ellington · 170 BPM

Typical jazz drum patterns

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