The pattern
130 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 | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Crash | 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
Half-time rock: snare only on 3 instead of 2 and 4, so the song seems to slow down without changing tempo. Used in huge choruses, bridges and breakdowns (alt-rock, post-grunge, pop-punk). Kick on 1, the "and" of 2, the "and" of 4; cymbals in eighths or open crash/ride for a wall of sound. Variants: hat on the quarter notes, double kick before the snare, return to the full beat after 4 bars for the "explosion" effect.