Audio tracks for ‘Writing Effective Drum Parts’ booklet

Basic drum example

A: Doubled kick drum

B: Hi-hat and click

C: Hi-hat doubled

D: 60’s pop – double snare and tambourine

E: With ride cymbal quavers / 8th notes

F: Ride cymbal / hi-hat combination semiquavers / 16th notes

G: Hi-hat semiquavers / 16th notes

H: Open and closed hi-hat: quavers / 8th notes

I: Ride of bell alternating

J – K: Four to the Floor

L – M: Drum fills with snare then toms

N – O: Drum fills with toms

P: Slow rock: one bar only

Q: Funk: basic one bar pattern

R – S: Funk: fill variations 1 and 2

T – U: 12/8 feel: 4 dotted crotchets per bar

V: Reggae example

W – Y: Jazz & swing examples

Z – BB: Hi-hat examples

CC – EE: Jazz waltz examples

FF: Brushes basic

Brushes additional track

GG: Bossa nova: 1 bar

HH: Bossa nova: 2 bars

II: Samba: 2 bars with faster ‘2’ feel

JJ: Rumba: slow 4

KK: Tango

LL – MM: March 4/4 & variation

NN – OO: March 6/8 feel & variation

PP – QQ: Classical waltz examples

Additional track: military snare drum solo