Rhythms and drum patterns
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Afro
Bass music
Blues
Caribbean
Classical
Country
Downtempo
Drum and bass
EDM
Electro
Folk and world
Funk and soul
Gospel
Hardstyle
Hip Hop
- Boom bap — classic 90s90 BPM
- Crunk — 808 and club claps100 BPM
- Drift phonk — cowbell and 808150 BPM
- G-funk — West Coast94 BPM
- Grime — eskibeat 140140 BPM
- Grime — syncopated 140140 BPM
- Jazz rap — sampler swing92 BPM
- Jersey club — five-hit kick140 BPM
- Lo-fi hip hop — lazy swing80 BPM
- NY / Brooklyn drill142 BPM
- Plugg — sparse, swaying drums145 BPM
- Rage — distorted synths and full 808160 BPM
- Trap — half-time140 BPM
- UK drill — sliding 808142 BPM
House
- Afro house122 BPM
- Bass house — offbeat and syncopated drop126 BPM
- Chicago jack — swung 909/808122 BPM
- Deep house122 BPM
- Four on the floor — basic house124 BPM
- French house — filter disco124 BPM
- Garage house (NY/NJ) — soulful shuffle124 BPM
- Progressive house — drop126 BPM
- Slap house — bouncing offbeat bass124 BPM
- Tech house126 BPM
Hyperpop
Italian music
J-Pop
Jazz
K-Pop
Latin
- Bachata — derecho130 BPM
- Baião / forró — zabumba and triangle124 BPM
- Baile funk — tamborzão130 BPM
- Bolero — bongó, maracas and bass76 BPM
- Bossa nova130 BPM
- Cáscara 3-2180 BPM
- Cha-cha-chá — güiro, cowbell and tumbao116 BPM
- Cumbia — guacharaca and tambora95 BPM
- Latin electropop — dembow, shaker and bongó102 BPM
- Latin pop104 BPM
- Latin rock — Santana style120 BPM
- Merengue — tambora and güira150 BPM
- Rumba clave 3-2110 BPM
- Salsa — 3-2 clave, tumbao, martillo, cáscara180 BPM
- Samba — batucada (surdo, caixa, tamborim)140 BPM
- Son clave 2-3100 BPM
- Son clave 3-2100 BPM
- Son montuno — 2-3 clave, bongó, tumbao100 BPM
- Songo200 BPM
- Tango — marcato and 3-3-2 síncopa120 BPM
- Tresillo (3-3-2)100 BPM