Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 9, 12.
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, 13.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 15.
Step 5: Place low conga on beats 1, 2, 4, 6, 8.
Step 6: Place mid conga on beats 4, 9, 12.
Step 7: Place high conga on beats 1, 2.
Step 8: Place clave on beats 2, 8, 12.
Step 9: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 10: Place cowbell on beats 7, 9, 12, 13, 14.
Step 11: Place cymbal on beat 1 (downbeat).
CHX-XXX-XXX-X-X---OH--------------X-CYX---------------CB------X-X--XXX--MA----X-------X---CL-X-----X---X----HCXX--------------MC---X----X--X----LCXX-X-X-X--------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X-X--X----ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 3, 7, 11, 15 (eighth notes on the 'and' of each beat).
Step 5: Place mid conga on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Step 6: Place high conga on beat 7.
Step 7: Place clave on beats 7, 8, 10, 15, 16.
CHXX--XX--XX--XX--OH--X---X---X---X-CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL------XX-X----XXHC------X---------MCXXXXX-----------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX---X---X---X---ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
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).
CH--X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OHX---------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-------X-------AC----------------GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 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, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 13.
Step 5: Place clave on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13.
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 1, 4, 5, 7.
CHXXXXXXXXXXXX--XXOH------------X---CY----------------CBX--XX-X---------MAXXXXX-------X---CLXXXXXXXXX-------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X-X-------AC----------------GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 11, 14, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 7, 8.
Step 4: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
CH------XX--------OH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X---CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X---X--X-XACX---X-X---X-XX--GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 4, 11, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 8, 13, 16 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 1 (downbeat).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 3, 6, 7, 10, 11.
CH-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOHX---------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL--X--XX--XX-----HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X--X----X--XBDX--X------X---X-AC----------------GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 11, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 1 (downbeat).
Step 5: Place low conga on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
CH-------XXXXX----OHX---------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X---CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----X-------X---SD----X-------X---BDX-----X---X---X-AC----------------GH----------------
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, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
Step 4: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 5: Place cowbell on beats 3, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14.
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH----------------CY----------------CB--X---XX-X-X-X--MA----X-------X---CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X---------AC----------------GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 7, 11, 15.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15.
CH-X----X---X---X-OH-XX--XX--XX--XX-CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SDXXXXX-X-X-XXX-X-BDX---X---X---X---AC----------------GH----------------
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).
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH-------X--------CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X---CL----------------HCX---XX--X---XX--MC----------------LC---X-------X----SD----XX------X---BDX---------X--X--AC----------------GH----------------
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).
CH----------------OH---------X------CY----------------CB----------------MAX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-CL----------------HCXXXX----X-X-----MC-----X-----X-X--LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-XX----X-----X-AC----------------GH----------------
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).
CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-X--X-XX-------AC----------------GH----------------