The pattern
126 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 | 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 |
| High tom | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | 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
Electro (Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" 1982, Cybotron, Drexciya, Miami bass) at 120–130: everything on the Roland TR-808. Syncopated, long kick (1, the "and" of 2, the "and" of 3), snare + clap on 2 and 4, closed hats in robotic, perfectly straight sixteenths. 808 cowbell and toms as a percussive "melody." Variants: kick doubling the sequenced bass, eighth-note hats, break with only 808 and vocoder.