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How to make "Dan Leuca – Detroit Calling" drum pattern?
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 10, 13 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 3, 7, 11, 15 (eighth notes on the 'and' of each beat).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13, 16.
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 7, 8, 12.
• Dan Leuca - Detroit Calling
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