The pattern
175 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step
| 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 | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | 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 | hit | hit |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Crash | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
The engine of anime theme songs and fast J-rock (LiSA, Aimer, Kenshi Yonezu, Vocaloid rock tracks at 150–200 BPM): 8-beat drums with an anticipating kick (1, “1 a”, “2 e”, 3) and snare on 2 and 4; in the second bar, crash on 1 and a final sixteenth-note roll for the next phrase. In the choruses it moves to open hats or eighth-note ride, a crash every 2 bars and sometimes kick in four or in eighths (double kick in the harder J-rock). Variants: punk “2-beat” (kick on the beat, snare on the offbeats) in the fastest choruses; half-time sections in the bridge; a guitar break with the drums stopped. LiSA's Gurenge is at 135 BPM, many Vocaloid tracks exceed 170.