The pattern
104 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 15%
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Tambourine | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Southern soul (Stax, Muscle Shoals: Al Jackson Jr. with Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding) between 90 and 120: a sober groove "behind the beat," snare on 2 and 4 slightly late, kick on 1 and the "and" of 3, eighth-note hat, tambourine on the backbeat. Light swing (15). Variants: 6/8 for soul ballads, kick on the "and" of 2, horns acting as rhythmic accents.