Professional Documents
Culture Documents
How To Programme Your Own Drum Patterns Handout
How To Programme Your Own Drum Patterns Handout
If you are working with software that has a piano roll editor, you may need to adjust the “snap to grid”
settings (to 16th notes or 8th notes) so that you are able to place sounds on the correct subdivision of the
beat.
Instruments
An icon in the pattern grid indicates that the instrument plays on that beat of the measure/sequencer
position.
1. Pop/Rock
Tempo: BPM 105120
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
HH Closed
2. Metal
Tempo: BPM 100130
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
Crash
3. Hip Hop
Tempo: BPM 7595
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
HH Closed
HH Open
4. R&B
Tempo: BPM 8598
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
HH Closed
HH Open
Clap
5. Techno
Tempo: BPM 108120
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
HH Closed
HH Open
Clap
6. Country
Tempo: BPM 80130
Sequencer
position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Beat
subdivision
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Kick
Snare
HH Closed
Credits
Free icons from the
Noun Project
● Bass drum by Artem Kovyazin
● Hi Hat Closed by Artem Kovyazin
● Snare by Artem Kovyazin
● Crash cymbal by Artem Kovyazin
● Hi Hat Open by Dmitry Mirolyubov
● Clap (Applause) by Hum
Created by Katie Wardrobe from
Midnight Music
About Katie
Hello! I’m Katie Wardrobe – a music technology trainer and consultant with a passion for helping music
teachers. I’m a qualified teacher (but no, I don’t currently teach in a school) and I run hands-on
professional development workshops in Australia and overseas. I have a series of online courses and
digital products that help support music teachers and I have presented at more than 50 conferences
and other music education events.
My workshops, courses and presentations focus on easy ways to incorporate technology through a
range of creative projects into what you are already doing in your music curriculum. I write regularly on
my blog and focus on practical ideas and resources that can be used in the classroom or teaching
studio.
You can find out more about what I do on the
Midnight Music website
.