The Ahmen Drum Break

By Alex Ribchester

In this week's lesson we break down the infamous Ahmen drum break. We have four bars
to play with, the first bar is repeated and then we have a displaced snare on bar 3 and 4.
It can be a bit tricky going from bar 3 into bar 4, as there is no down beat on the first beat
of bar 4. The groove ids played on the ride cymbal, but works really well when played at
drum n bass tempo on the hats.

Bar 1 is repeated twice in the break

4
/4

Bar 3
2

Bar 4
3

All 4 bars. Try playing this at 140 bpm

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J

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