The pattern
126 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 10%
| 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 |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| High bongo | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Tech house at 122–130: the house kick meets the dryness of techno. Kick and a funky offbeat bass dominate; clap on 2 and 4, open hat on the offbeat, closed hats in sixteenths "with holes." The percussion (rim, bongo, sampled perc) is syncopated and slightly swung (10) for groove. Variants: bass acting as percussion with short notes, vocal chops as a rhythmic element, break with only kick and perc.