Drum Patterns

How to make "Please Sir" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (sixteenth notes).
Step 4: Place low conga on beats 1, 3, 6, 8, 10.
Step 5: Place mid conga on beat 11.
Step 6: Place high conga on beats 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11.
Step 7: Place clave on beat 1 (downbeat).
Step 8: Place maraca on beats 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 (eighth notes offset by one beat).
Step 9: Place cymbal on beat 16.

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