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Rock

Broad genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the black musical genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and country music.

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How to make "Blues Rock Solo Ride" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 3, 7, 11, 15 (eighth notes on the 'and' of each beat).
Step 3: Place cymbal on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).

• Blues Rock Solo Ride
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How to make "Rock 10" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 7, 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).

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How to make "Rock 12" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 7, 9, 11, 15.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 8, 10, 13 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 (eighth notes).

• Rock 12
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How to make "Heavy – Thy Slaughter" drum pattern?

Step 1: Place bass drum on beat 1 (downbeat).

• Heavy - Thy Slaughter
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How to make "Rock 18" drum pattern?

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, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (sixteenth notes).

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