Beat Patterns

Beat patterns from pop/rock music and Latin American music.

Drum Beats in Popular Music

Drum Parts for Performance

Drum Part Transcription

Clave

Cascara-Palito Patterns

Rhythm Transcription

Tresillo

3-3-2 Pattern

3+2+3 and 2+3+3 Groupings

Double Tresillo (3-3-3-3-2-2)

Drum Beats in Popular Music

Drum Parts for Performance

James Brown and Clyde Stubblefield, "Cold Sweat" [Image | MuseScore | Youtube]

Drum Part Transcription

M.I.A., "Galang"
From Arular (2005). Written by Maya Arulpragasam, Justine Frischmann, Steve Mackey, Ross Orton.

Audio: Youtube

Toto, "Rosanna"
From Toto IV (1982). Written by David Paich.

Audio: Youtube

Clave

Cascara-Palito Patterns

[PDF | Image | MuseScore]

3-2 and 2-3 Clave Rhythms [Image | MuseScore | PDF | Braille]

Rhythm Transcription

Lin-Manuel Miranda, "In The Heights," Opening

Student Copy: Worksheet
Audio: Youtube

Tresillo

3-3-2 Pattern

Tresillo Rhythms [Image | MuseScore | PDF | Braille]

3+2+3 and 2+3+3 Groupings

Tresillo Rhythms [Image | MuseScore | PDF | Braille]

Double Tresillo (3-3-3-3-2-2)

Double Tresillo Rhythms [Image | MuseScore | PDF | Braille]

1) Lady Gaga & Blackpink, “Sour Candy,” verse 2, from Chromatica (2020), written by Stefani Germanotta, Michael Tucker, Matthew Burns, Rami Yacoub, Madison Love, Teddy Park. [PDF | Image | MuseScore | Braille | YouTube 1:19–1:28]

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