Drum beat in the style of “Firestarter” — The Prodigy
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
The Prodigy’s 1996 hit mixes breakbeats with big, aggressive energy. The syncopated kick and snare ghost notes drive it forward.
- Tempo
- 141 BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Groove
- breakbeat
- Genre
- Electronic
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Loop
- 4 bars
Drum pattern
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snare | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
| 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 | 8 |
|---|---|
| Snare hand | 5 |
| Kick foot | 4 |
| Kick notes without a cymbal | 1 |
The tricky spot is the one kick note that fall between cymbal strokes — practice hand and foot on their own there before playing the whole groove.
About this groove
At about 141 BPM it has an up-tempo feel: one beat lasts 426 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 1.7 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Tage wie diese” (Die Toten Hosen, driving rock beat), this groove adds kick notes on 3a, leaves out the kick on 3 and adds 3 ghost notes — and it runs 1 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Tage wie diese →
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Firestarter” by The Prodigy, 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 Prodigy.