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GROOVE
ESSENTIALS
WORLD
World, Ethnic

& Specialty Grooves

There are hundreds of grooves from around the world and

even more yet to be invented! Here are some of the most
common ones every drummer should know.

Many grooves from all over the globe are traditionally played by multiple musicians on percussion instruments, not on a drumset.
We are borrowing those percussion parts and creating grooves for the drumset for one player. Be sure to listen to the real music
from each country to understand the original intent of these world grooves.

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4y
disco 4

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44 y

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o
y

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y

o
y

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y

o
y

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y

o
y

You can use the two-beat on almost anything!

Country, hard rock, broadway musicals, dixieland, polkas,
rags and more. Its a very versatile little groove.

classic two-beat

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new orleans 4 @
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2nd line 4 .
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y y (fy ) y fy ( y ) y y (fy ) y y reggae
one-drop

(JAMAICA)

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44

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>
44 f f f
y
y
o
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31

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^
f f
y
y
o
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soca

calypso

(CARIBBEAN)

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o
o
o
4 y y y e y y yy y y y e y y yy
4 .
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v
v

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(SOUL-CALYPSO)

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(BRAZIL)

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y fy y fy y fy fy y samba
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slow/medium
(BRAZIL)
J
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samba4 y

fast
(BRAZIL)

4 f

yy y y y y y y y
f
f
f
f

y
y
y

baio 4 y e ey y y e ey y y e ey y y y y yy
samba 4 y y y y

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yy
f
y

35

(BRAZIL)

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4 @ ! y y ! batucada
4 ey
y
ey
y
(BRAZIL)
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o
o
merengue

38

(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

44 t

> >> ^ > ^ >>>>

44 ef f f
y
y y y

t
t
f

bolero

t
y

t
t t t
f

y
y

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cha cha ch
(AFRO-CUBAN)

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> >
> >

44 f f f

y
y y
R R L
R R L

40

(BALLROOM RHUMBA)

> > > ^ > ^>>>>

ef f ef
y
y y
y

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t t t t
f

t
t t t t
f

y
y

41

mambo
t t (AFRO-CUBAN)
y

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^
> > >
songo t
t t
t
y

(AFRO-CUBAN) 4
4 y. y y.
y

>
t
6
naigo 8 y .

44
y y y y

4
4y

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t t t f
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y.

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t
t

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(AFRO-CUBAN)

43

y y y y y y y mozambique
(AFRO-CUBAN)
y
y
salsa

(WITH 2:3 SON CLAVE)

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tango 44

4 y fy
4 .

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45

y fy y fy y f y

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fy y

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(ARGENTINA)

(MARTINIQUE)

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y
44

47

>
y

>
y

beguine

DRUMSET KEY:

y
ride
cymbal

cymbalso

Y y
ride
bell

drums

hi-hat hi-hat
open hi-hat
w/foot

bass
drum

Bass snare snare snare

rimshot cross
ghost
stick
note

cowbells

snare tom1
ghost
note

tom2

floor cha-cha cowbell

tom cowbell

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