Drum beat in the style of “Cissy Strut” — The Meters
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
The Meters’ 1969 instrumental, with Zigaboo Modeliste on drums, is New Orleans funk at its best: syncopated, loose and full of space.
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- 16th-note funk groove
- Genre
- Funk
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Loop
- 1 bar
Drum pattern
| Open hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Who plays what: notes per bar
| Cymbal hand | 16 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 5 |
| Kick foot | 4 |
The kick always lines up with the cymbal, so the work is in the snare hand: 3 of its 5 notes are ghost notes.
About this groove
At about 90 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 667 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2.7 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Chameleon” (Herbie Hancock, funk groove with ghost notes), this groove changes only small details — and it runs 6 BPM slower. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Chameleon →
“Give It Away” (Red Hot Chili Peppers) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 1 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. Give It Away →
Other songs with the same 16th-note funk groove
- Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers · Funk · 91 BPM
- Brick House Commodores · Funk · 107 BPM
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine James Brown · Funk · 108 BPM
- Walk This Way Aerosmith · Rock · 109 BPM
- Uptown Funk Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars · Funk · 115 BPM
- Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson · Pop · 118 BPM
Similar drum beats
This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Cissy Strut” by The Meters, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with The Meters.