The pattern
112 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 | hit | 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 |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Cowbell | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit |
How to play it and where it comes from
Boogie (1979–1986: D Train's “You're the One for Me”, Kashif, The Peech Boys, Rene & Angela, The System, Imagination; later Dâm-Funk and Chromeo as a revival). Drums often electronic (LinnDrum LM-1/LM-2, Oberheim DMX, Roland TR-808) or live with an overdubbed clap: kick no longer a rigid four but syncopated (1, the “and” of 2, the “and” of 3), snare and clap together on 2 and 4, hi-hat in sixteenths with light swing (15), openings on the offbeats. The synth bass (Minimoog, Prophet-5, Oberheim) plays in octaves and sixteenths. Tempos 100–120, slower than disco. Variants: kick in four in the more danceable tracks (Italo/hi-NRG), 808 cowbell on the tags, Simmons toms in the fills.