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