Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 9, 11, 15.
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).
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X---CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-------X-X---X-ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 4, 11, 14.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 8, 13 (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.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 16.
Step 5: Place maraca on beats 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12.
CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-OH---------------XCY----------------CB----------------CP----------------RS----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X--X----X---BDXX-X------X--X--AC----------------GH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 10, 11.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13, 15 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 8, 10, 12, 14.
Step 5: Place clave on beats 7, 8, 11, 12, 14.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13, 15.
CHXXXXXXX-X-X-X-XXOH-------X-X-X-X--CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X-X-CL------XX--XX-X--HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X-X-BDX-----X--XX-----ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
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, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 10, 11.
Step 5: Place low conga on beats 3, 7.
Step 6: Place high conga on beats 11, 15.
CHX-X-X-X-XX--X-X-OH---------XX-----CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------X---X-MC----------------LC--X---X---------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X-X-------AC----------------GH----------------
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.
CH-X--X---------X-OH----------------CY------X---X-----CB---------------XMAX------------X--CL---X------------HC--------X---X---MC----------------LC----------------SD----------------BDX--X--X--X--X-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, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
Step 4: Place low conga on beat 15.
Step 5: Place mid conga on beat 14.
Step 6: Place high conga on beats 11, 12.
Step 7: Place clave on beats 4, 11, 12.
Step 8: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----X-------X---CL---X------XX----HC----------XX----MC-------------X--LC--------------X-SD----X-------X---BDX-----X-X-------ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 3, 7, 11, 15 (eighth notes on the 'and' of each beat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
CH-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXXOHX---X---X---X---CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD--X---X---X---X-BDX---X---X---X---ACX---X---X---X---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, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
Step 4: Place clave on beats 4, 6, 12, 16.
Step 5: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 6: Place cowbell on beats 3, 9.
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH----------------CY----------------CB--X-----X-------MA----X-------X---CL---X-X-----X---XHC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X-X-------ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 10, 13 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Step 4: Place mid conga on beats 3, 4, 8, 14, 15.
Step 5: Place high conga on beats 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12.
Step 6: Place clave on beats 1, 3, 10, 12, 15, 16.
CHX-XXX-X-XX-XXXX-OH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CLX-X------X-X--XXHCXX--XX--X--X----MC--XX---X-----XX-LC----------------SD----X----X--X---BDXX-X--XX--X--XX-ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------
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.
CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----X-------X--XMC--------X-----X-LC----------------SD-------X-------XBDXXX-----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, 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.
CHX-XXX-XXX-XXXXXXOH----------------CY----------------CBX--X----------X-MA----X---XXX-X--XCLX-XXX-----XX-XXXHC------X-X-------MCX-X--X----XX--X-LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-----X---------AC----------------GH----------------
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).
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-OH----------------CY----------------CB----------------MA----------------CL----------------HC----------------MC----------------LC----------------SD----X-------X---BDX-------X-------ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXGH----------------