The pattern
132 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 | 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 | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit | hit |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Ride | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Techno (Detroit mid-1980s, then Berlin) between 125 and 140: the kick on the quarter notes is the protagonist, open hat on the offbeat, sixteenth-note hi-hat; the clap on 2 and 4 is often removed or reduced to a single hit on 4. Syncopated metallic rim/perc and eighth-note ride give the hypnotic drive. TR-909 sounds. Variation is minimal and slow (filter, decay and reverb automation). Variants: reverberated kick rumble on the offbeat, 3/16 perc that "rotates" over the 4/4, break with only hats.