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Unit 1 · New pattern · 8 of 12 · about 4 minFree

Off-beat hats

Put a hi-hat between every kick, then pick it out of a track.

0 of 4 steps done

  1. Meet it

    Done

    A hi-hat between every kick. You hear it in house and disco; Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You” is built on it. Hear it on its own first, then in a track.

    124bpm
    1 bar on repeat
    Open hat

    Play, then hear both.

  2. Build it

    Done

    Put an open hat in every gap between the kicks: on each “&”.

    124bpm
    1 bar on repeat
    Kickalready there
    Open hatyour turn

    0 of 4 in place.

  3. Pick it out

    Done

    Three takes you haven’t heard, at a new tempo. One of them has the pattern. Play each, then choose.

    1. Which one has the off-beat hats?

    Play each, then choose.

  4. Into your crate

    Done

    Built and heard. The card goes into your crate, and your project at the end of the unit can use it. It earns its first hole punched now, for building it; hearing it in new tracks and using it in your own earn the other two.

    rhythm Off-beat hats

    A hi-hat between every kick

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Next: Eighth-note hats

Build a steady hat, twice per beat, and tell it from its neighbours by ear.

New pattern: Eighth-note hats Back to Backbeat

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