Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 9 (downbeats) and snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat) for a basic rock groove.
Step 2: Place closed hi-hat on beats 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15.
Step 3: Place open hi-hat on beat 1 (downbeat).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 11, 14.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 6, 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 beat 8.
Step 5: Place low conga on beats 4, 12.
Step 6: Place high conga on beats 1, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14.
Step 7: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 4, 9, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place open hi-hat on beat 10.
Step 4: Place mid conga on beats 6, 12, 14.
Step 5: Place high conga on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 6, 8, 9.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (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).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 4, 7, 11.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 (eighth notes offset by one beat).
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (sixteenth notes).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 4, 8, 12, 16.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 10, 11, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15.
Step 4: Place clave on beats 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12.
Step 5: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 7, 8, 11.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place open hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 13, 14, 15, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place clave on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (sixteenth notes).
Step 4: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 4, 12.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 5, 8, 11, 14.
Step 4: Place high conga on beats 2, 5, 8, 11, 14.
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 7.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14.
Step 4: Place clave on beats 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16.
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place mid conga on beats 1, 3, 6, 11, 12, 15.
Step 5: Place high conga on beats 7, 9.
Step 6: Place clave on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16.
Step 7: Place maraca on beats 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16.
Step 8: Place cowbell on beats 1, 4, 15.
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Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 3, 9, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 8, 16.
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 mid conga on beats 9, 15.
Step 5: Place high conga on beats 5, 13, 16.
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