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Reggae

Music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.

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How to make "Reggae 12" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beat 9.
Step 2: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13.
Step 3: Place open hi-hat on beats 2, 5, 15.
Step 4: Place rimshot on beat 9.

• Reggae 12
CHX--X--X-X-XXX---
OH-X--X---------X-
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS--------X-------
HT----------------
MT----------------
LT----------------
SD----------------
BD--------X-------
AC----------------
GH----------------
Play 87BPM 1
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René-Pierre Bardet 0 143 0

How to make "Reggae 11" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 9, 13 (quarter notes).
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 12, 15.
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15.
Step 4: Place rimshot on beats 3, 4, 7, 8.

• Reggae 11
CHX-XXX-XXX-X-X-X-
OH----------------
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS--XX--XX--------
HT----------------
MT----------------
LT----------------
SD-----------X--X-
BDX---X---X---X---
AC----------------
GH----------------
Play 108BPM 1
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René-Pierre Bardet 0 56 0

How to make "Reggae 10" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beat 9.
Step 2: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).
Step 3: Place rimshot on beats 5, 7, 13, 15.

• Reggae 10
CHX-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-
OH----------------
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS----X-X-----X-X-
HT----------------
MT----------------
LT----------------
SD----------------
BD--------X-------
AC----------------
GH----------------
CH----------------
OH------------X---
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS----------------
HT--------XX------
MT------XX--------
LT----------X-X---
SDX---------------
BDX---------------
AC----------------
GH----------------
Play 81BPM 1 2
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René-Pierre Bardet 0 131 0

How to make "Reggae 1" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 5, 13 (backbeat).
Step 2: 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 3: Place rimshot on beats 5, 8, 10, 13, 16.

• Reggae 1
CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
OH----------------
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS----X--X-X--X--X
HT----------------
MT----------------
LT----------------
SD----------------
BD----X-------X---
AC----------------
GH----------------
CHXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
OH----------------
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS--XX--X---XX--X-
HT----------------
MT----------------
LT----------------
SD----------------
BD----X-------X---
AC----------------
GH----------------
CH--------------X-
OH----------------
CY----------------
CB----------------
CP----------------
RS----------------
HT----------------
MT--------X-X-----
LT----------------
SD--X-X-X-----XX--
BD--------------X-
AC----------------
GH----------------
Play 94BPM 1 2 3
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René-Pierre Bardet 0 117 0
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