The pattern
| 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 |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | 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
Gabber / hardcore (Rotterdam, early 1990s; Paul Elstak, Rotterdam Records, Thunderdome) between 160 and 200 BPM; modern mainstream hardcore sits at 160–180, the early/Rotterdam style of the 1990s at 165–180+, uptempo and frenchcore beyond 190–200. Everything revolves around the kick on the quarter notes: originally a TR-909 kick saturated to the point of clipping, almost a square wave with a recognizable pitch, which often changes note following the progression. Open hat on the offbeat, closed hats in eighths, clap on 2 and 4 often absent or very quiet (the kick fills everything). Variants: "rolling" sixteenth-note kick in the builds, double kick on the last sixteenth before the turnaround, kickless sections with a supersaw lead and then a "kick in" on a crash.