The pattern
120 BPM · 4/4 · 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | 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 | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Tambourine | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| High conga | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit |
How to play it and where it comes from
Disco (1970s: Chic, Bee Gees, Donna Summer with Giorgio Moroder) between 110 and 130: kick on the quarter notes, snare on 2 and 4, closed hats in sixteenths and open on the offbeat ("tsss-ka"), tambourine on the backbeat and syncopated congas. Octave bass that jumps. Variants: open hat on all the offbeat eighths, snare on the 4 "sixteenth" before the turnaround, percussion break with only congas and kick.