GROOVE

ESSENTIALS
47 GROOVES EVERY SERIOUS DRUMMER SHOULD KNOW
1.0
GROOVE HANDBOOK
KEY

CYMBALS DRUMS COWBELLS

RIDE RIDE HI-HAT HI-HAT HI-HAT BASS SNARE SNARE SNARE SNARE TOM TOM FLOOR CHA-CHA MAMBO
CYMBAL BELL OPEN w/FOOT DRUM RIM CROSS GHOST 1 2 TOM BELL COWBELL
SHOT STICK NOTE

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ROCK
Rock Grooves
8th note rock patterns
1

16th note rock patterns

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Half-time feels
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FUNK
Funky Grooves
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R&B
R&B/Hip Hop Grooves
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JAZZ
Jazz/Swing Grooves

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jazz shuffle

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two feel

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jazz waltz
(IN THREE)

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jazz waltz
(IN ONE)

WORLD
World, Ethnic & Specialty Grooves

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disco

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classic
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two-beat
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new orleans
2nd line

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reggae
one-drop
(JAMAICA)
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calypso
(CARIBBEAN)

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soca
(SOUL-CALYPSO)

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bossa-nova
(BRAZIL)

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samba
slow/medium
(BRAZIL)

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samba
fast
(BRAZIL)

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baião
samba
(BRAZIL)

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batucada
(BRAZIL)

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merengue
(DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC)
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cha cha chá
(AFRO-CUBAN)
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bolero
(BALLROOM
RHUMBA)
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mambo
(AFRO-CUBAN)

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songo
(AFRO-CUBAN)

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nañigo
(AFRO-CUBAN)

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mozambique
(AFRO-CUBAN)

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salsa (ALSO PLAY ON
(WITH 2:3 F.T. SHELL)
SON CLAVE)

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tango
(ARGENTINA)

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beguine
(MARTINIQUE)

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