The pattern
104 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 | hit | rest | rest | 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 | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| High conga | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Low conga | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Chart Latin pop (Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, today Sebastián Yatra): pop structure with a backbeat on 2 and 4 and a syncopated kick (1, the "and" of 2, 3), enriched by light Latin percussion: shaker in sixteenths and congas answering in the second half of the bar. The range is wide: 85–100 for the dembow side, 100–130 for the pop/dance side. Variants: dembow on the rim in the chorus, flamenco guitar or tres on top, timbales in the transitions.