The pattern
112 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step · swing 25%
| 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 | Beat 5 | Step 18 | Step 19 | Step 20 | Beat 6 | Step 22 | Step 23 | Step 24 | Beat 7 | Step 26 | Step 27 | Step 28 | Beat 8 | Step 30 | Step 31 | Step 32 |
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| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| 808 | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| High conga | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
South African amapiano (Gauteng, mid-2010s) at 108–115 BPM: soft kick on the quarter notes (sometimes broken), clap on 2 and 4, shaker in sixteenths with swing (25) and variable accents, rim/woodblock on the offbeat. The star is the log drum (808 lane): a tuned percussive bass with a "woody" attack and glide, playing syncopated two-bar phrases (the second answers the first) and almost never on 1. Leaving rests around the log drum hits makes them feel heavier. Variants: kick that disappears in the jazzier "private school" sections, log drum in alternating octaves, shaker and cymbal rolls before the drop.