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How to make "Homeboy Fresh – So Kool" drum pattern?
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 16.
Step 2: Place snare drum on beats 5, 8, 10, 12, 13 (syncopated pattern with backbeat).
Step 3: Place closed hi-hat on beats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16.
Step 4: Place open hi-hat on beats 8, 14.
• Homeboy Fresh - So Kool
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How to make "Mantronix – Fresh is the word" drum pattern?
Step 1: Place bass drum on beats 1, 8, 9, 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 beats 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 (eighth notes offset by one beat).
Step 5: Place clave on beats 15, 16.
Step 6: Place maraca on beats 8, 11, 12.
Step 7: Place cowbell on beats 3, 6, 9, 12, 15.
• Mantronix - Fresh is the word
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