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R&B

Rhythm and blues is a genre of popular music that originated within the Black American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular.

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How to make "Cracky R&B" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 11, 12.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 4, 13.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16.

• Cracky R&B
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How to make "Waltzer" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 13, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 7, 8.
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 1, 13.
Step 5: Place maraca on beats 2, 10.
Step 6: Place clave on beats 1, 9, 12, 13.
Step 7: Place high conga on beat 4.
Step 8: Place mid conga on beats 6, 15.

• Waltzer
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How to make "Labelle – Lady Marmalade" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 4, 5, 8, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 3, 7, 11, 13.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 14.

• Labelle - Lady Marmalade
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How to make "Midnight Star – Operator" drum pattern?

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).

• Midnight Star - Operator
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How to make "Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 11, 12.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 7.
Step 5: Place high conga on beat 3.
Step 6: Place clave on beats 1, 4, 7.
Step 7: Place maraca on beat 5.

• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
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How to make "Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin Who (Intro)" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16.
Step 4: Place mid conga on beats 11, 12.
Step 5: Place high conga on beats 2, 6, 7, 9, 13.
Step 6: Place maraca on beat 13.
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 8: Place cymbal on beat 5.

• Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin Who (Intro)
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How to make "Loose Ends – Hanging On A String" drum pattern?

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 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 1 (downbeat).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 4, 12.
Step 6: Place maraca on beat 13.
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

• Loose Ends - Hanging On A String
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How to make "Roland – R&B" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16.
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 low conga on beat 7.
Step 6: Place high conga on beats 2, 8, 15, 16.
Step 7: Place cymbal on beat 1 (downbeat).

• Roland - R&B
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How to make "The Trammps – Up On The Hill" drum pattern?

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 3, 7, 11, 15 (eighth notes on the 'and' of each beat).
Step 4: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).

• The Trammps - Up On The Hill
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How to make "Gwen Guthrie – Outside In The Rain" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 4, 11, 12.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 8.
Step 5: Place clave on beats 2, 3, 4, 11, 12.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).

• Gwen Guthrie - Outside In The Rain
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How to make "Loose Ends – Hanging On A String Now" drum pattern?

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 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 1 (downbeat).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 4, 12.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

• Loose Ends - Hanging On A String Now
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How to make "Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing 2" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 11, 12.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beat 7.
Step 5: Place high conga on beat 3.
Step 6: Place clave on beats 1, 4, 7.
Step 7: Place maraca on beat 5.

• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 2
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OH------X---------
CY----------------
CB----------------
MA----X-----------
CLX--X--X---------
HC--X-------------
MC----------------
LC----------------
SD----------XX----
BDX------XX-X-X--X
ACX-----------X---
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