Drum beat in the style of “Old Town Road” — Lil Nas X
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· Simplified drum grooves in the style of famous songs — not exact transcriptions.
Lil Nas X’s 2019 country-trap crossover uses a trap beat with rolling hi-hats and a booming kick.
Drum pattern
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
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| Clap | ||||||||||||||||
| Kick |
| Hi-hat | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clap | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 |
| Kick foot | 3 |
Every kick lines up with a cymbal stroke; the challenge is keeping 16 even strokes per bar in the cymbal hand at 136 BPM.
About this groove
At about 136 BPM it has an up-tempo feel: one beat lasts 441 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 1.8 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.
Practice plan
How it differs from similar beats
Compared with “Funky Drummer” (James Brown, funk groove with ghost notes), this groove adds kick notes on 2a, leaves out the kick on 1& and 4e, adds snare accents on 3, drops the snare on 2 and 4 and adds 4 ghost notes — and it runs 36 BPM faster. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Funky Drummer →
“HUMBLE.” (Kendrick Lamar) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 14 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. HUMBLE. →
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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Lil Nas X.