Contents
List of rhythmic patterns
Warm Ups 4/4
On beats - 1/4 notes - crotchets
Eighth notes - Quavers
Off beats 1/8th notes (Disco)
Off beats 1/8ths Disco variation
Sixteenths - Semi Quavers
Broken Sixteenths (missing a)
Broken Sixteenths (missing &)
Broken Sixteenths (missing e)
Broken Sixteenths (missing 1)
Doubles 16ths (e&)
Doubles 16ths (&a)
Sixteenths shuffle (dotted 1/8 note)
Off beats 1/16 notes
Off beat 1/16 notes (e)
Off beat 1/16 notes (a)
Sixteenths half shuffle 1 & 2
Sixteenths funky
Sparse 2 ons 2 offs
Syncopated 4 ons 4 offs
Syncopated 3 ons 3 offs
Sanford Double Beat 1 to 3
Sanford Double Beat 1 offset
Sanford Double Beat 2 offset
Sanford Double Beat 3 offset
Sanford Doubles Style 1 to 3
Sanford inspired 1
Sanford Double 1 Long pt1 & 2
Universal 3-3-2
Charleston style
Paradiddle Right Hand
Sanford Double 2 Long pt1 & 2
Sanford Double 3 Long pt1 & 2
Sanford Double 3 Long pt2
Inward Paradiddle RH
Reverse Paradiddle RH
Outward Paradiddle RH
Paradiddle - Left Hand lead
Inward Paradiddle - LH lead
Reverse Paradiddle - LH lead
Outward Paradiddle - LH lead
Split 16ths
Warm Ups 12/8
12/8 - Twelve/Eight
Shuffle (Shups stage 2)
Shuffle (Broken 1 to 4)
Jazz Swing
Jazz Swing Variation 1 to 3
Jazz Shuffle Mix 1 & 2
Jazz Shuffle Mix 3 & 4
Blues 1 to 5
Double Paradiddle Right Hand
Paradiddlediddle Right Hand
Double Paradiddle Left lead
Swing band figure 1 & 2
Swing band figure 3 to 6
Swung J Dilla funk
6/8 - Six/Eight
6/8 - Six/Eight offbeats
Shups stage 1 & 3
Triplet offs (lets)
Triplet play 1 & 2
Triplet play 3 to 7
3/4 - Three/Four feel
3/4 - Three/Four all diddled
3/4 - Three/Four diddled 1 to 3
Africa 4/4
Adjos (Ivory Coast)
Afrobeat bell (Nigeria)
Afrobeat style 1 to 4
Afrobeat (modern snare)
Afrobeat (snare 1 & 2)
Afro Disco 1 to 3
Afrofunk style
Baga (Guinea)
Baga Giné (Guinea)
Balakulanya / Soli lent (Guinea)
Bambafoli 1 pt1 & 2
Bara (Mali)
Bolon (W Africa)
Calabash groove (Mali)
Djelidon / Djelifoli / Saa / Lamba
Djolé (Sierra Leone)
Djembe call 1
Djembe call 2
Djesse Muloumbo 1 to 3 (Congo)
Diansa 1 & 2
Gahu (Ghana)
Gahu (Boba part)
Gambian Sabar
Gankogui 1 to 3 (Ghana)
Gankogui 4 to 10
Gankogui 11 to 13
Ghana Kpatsa
Ghana Danceband 1 & 2
Ghana Disco 1 & 2
Ghana Funk Bell
Ghana Funk Percussion 1 & 2
Ghana Funk Percussion 3 to 5
Ghana Yei Ngebewoh
Griot 1 to 4
Kassa (Guinea)
Konjumalon (Mali/Burkina Faso)
Kassa Djibo (Guinea) 1 to 3
Kassa Soro pt1 & 2
Kpanlogo 1 & 2 (Ghana)
Jingo
Lafè (Guinea)
Lolo (Guinea)
Makossa (Cameroon) 1 to 3
Makossa variation 1 to 3
Makossa variation mix 1 & 2
Matadi (Guinea) 1 pt1
Matadi 1
Matadi 2 pt2
Sabar solo phrase 1 & 2
Senefoly (Guinea) 1 to 3
Sorofoli (Guinea) 1 to 4
Sobonincun (Mali/Liberia)
Shiko (Nigeria)
Silamalon (Guinea)
Soukous Bell (Congo)
Soukous (Congo) Juju (Nigeria)
Soukous snare 1 to 7 (Congo)
Soukous snare 8 to 10
Soukous - missing 1
Soukous snares - missing 1
Soukous adaptation 1 & 2
Soukous adaptation 3 & 4
Soul Makossa 1 & 2 (Cameroon)
Toro (Guinea) pt1 & 2
Toubala Kono pt1 & 2
Tuareg Calabash (Mali)
Uganda pulse
Wolosodon / Djondon 2 (Mali)
Africa 12/8
Aasadua (Ghana)
Aasadua/Adowa (Ghana)
Abioueka (Nigeria)
Abondan 1 & 2 (Ivory Coast)
Agbekor (Ghana)
Akom (Ghana)
Ashanti (Ghana)
Bada 1 pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Bada 2 pt1 & 2
Balan Sondé 1 to 3 (Guinea)
Bamako beat 1 & 2 (Mali)
Bandogialli / Bando Djei
Bemba 1 (N Zimbabwe)
Bemba 2 (N Zimbabwe)
Bembé/Short bell (Yoruba)
Bikutsi ride 1 & 2 (Cameroon)
Bikutsi snare 1 to 6
Bikutsi style 1 & 2
Bikutsi Shabada 1
Bikutsi bass 1
Bikutsi Jazz
Bikutsi style - diddled 3/4
Dalfo 1 & 2
Demosoni Kelen pt1 & 2
Djaa pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Damba (Mali)
Djaa Kouroussa
Djembe 6/8 call
Djun djun beat pt1 & 2
Dunumbè pt1 & 2
Ekang (Cameroon)
Fume-fume (Ghana) 1 & 2
Fume-fume 3
Gahu (Ghana)
G’ Beredu (Sangban 1 pt1)
G’ Beredu 2
Habesha style 1 to 6
Hosho style 1 to 4
Hosho style 5
Kadan 1 to 5 (Guinea)
Kadodo Bell pt1 & 2 (Ghana)
Kemoba pt1 & 2(Guinea)
Konowoulen 1 & 2 (Guinea)
Kurabadon 1 to 3 (Guinea)
Maane pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Mamaya pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Mangambeu (Cameroon)
Mangambeu bell 1 & 2
Mangambeu snare 1
Mangambeu snare 2
Mbala snare 1 & 2 (Congo)
Mbala bass
Mbala pattern 1 & 2
Soli 1 & 2 (Guinea)
Sorsonet 1 & 2 (Guinea)
Venda (South Africa)
Wolosodon / Djondon (Mali)
Wonde pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Yogui pt1 & 2 (Guinea)
Yoruba 1 & 2 (Nigeria/Benin)
Zimbabwe clap
Zonke (Gondwana)
Brazil 4/4
Afoxé variation
Agogó 1 to 6
Bahia 1 to 5
Baião / Baion
Baion Syncopated
Baion Variation 1 & 2
Baion to Eighths
Baion from Eighths
Baion simplified/Charleston
Baion alternative 1 to 4
Batucada 1 & 2
Batucada 3:2 pt1 & 2
Batucada variation
Berimbau pt1 & 2
Bossa Nova 3:2
Bossa Nova 2:3
Bossa Style
Bossa Samba 1 & 2
Bossa Samba 3 to 5
Cabula
Comparsa
Frevo 1 to 2- 3:2
Frevo-Bossa
Imperio Serrano
Iyesá 1 - 3:2
Iyesá accompaniment
Iyesá adaptation
Ijexá / Afoxé
Ijexá 1 to 3
Ijexá variation 1 to 3
Ijexá variation 4
Mangueira
Maracatu
Maracatu de baque virado
Maracatu New York
Maracatu variation 1 & 2
Maracatu Break 1 & 2
Maracatu Agogó 1 & 2
Maracatu Alfaia
Maracatu snare 1 to 3
Mocidade Agogo
Partido Alto 3:2
Partido Alto 2:3
Partido Alto 1 to 3
Random 3:2 Brazilian style
Samba Style 4 ons 4 offs
Samba Style 4 on 4 offset 1 to 3
Samba Style 4 offs 4 ons
Samba Style 4 off 4 on offset 1
Samba Style 4 on 3 off
Samba Style 3 on 4 off
Samba Style 3 on 3 off
Samba style mix
Samba variation 1 & 2
Samba style 1 & 2
Samba de Coco 1 to 4
Samba de Coco 5
Samba Enredo
Samba do Morro 2:3
Samba 2:3 variation 1 to 5
Samba de Roda 1 to 3
Samba da Rua 2:3
Samba variation 1 to 3
Samba Agogó 1
Samba Agogó variation
Teleco teco 1 to 3 (tamborim)
Viradouro
Xota bell
Brazil 12/8
Afro Samba 6/8
Afro Samba 6/8 2
Candomblé 6/8
Eri Okan 1
Eri Okan 2
Jongo de Serrinha
Jongo variation 1
Jongo variation 2
Jongo variation 3
Samba 6/8 pt1
Samba 6/8 pt2
Samba 6/8 2
Cuba 4/4
Bongo bell 3:2
Bongo bell 2:3
Bongo bell 2
Cáscara 3:2 + accents 1 & 2
Cáscara 3:2 only accents
Cáscara 2:3
Cáscara 2:3 + accents
Cáscara 2:3 only accents
Cáscara alternative
Cáscara 3:2 variation
Cáscara 3:2 var accents
Cáscara variation 1 & 2
Catá (Cuba)
Cha Cha Cha
Clave - Son 3:2
Clave - Son 2:3
Clave - Rumba 3:2
Clave - Rumba 2:3
Guaguancó
Makuta
Manisero
Montuno 1
Montuno 2 to 5
Mozambique 3:2
Mozambique 3:2 accented
Mozambique 2:3
Mozambique 2:3 accented
Mozambique 2:3 Alternative
Mozambique style
Palitos 1 to 3
Peanuts / Manisero 1 to 3
Son Clave 2:3 Syncopated
Songo Funk
Songo snare
Timbale bell 2:3 - 1 to 3
Timbale bell 2:3 - 4 to 11
Tumbao/Tresillo
Tumbao spaces
Tumbao/Tresillo - Bombo
Tumbao/Tresillo - Ponche
Tumbao variation 1 pt1 to 4
Yesa 1 to 4 (Cuban)
Yesa (Itotele part)
Yesa accompaniment 1 & 2
Cuba 12/8
Abakuá/Abakwa 1 to 4
Abakuá (Ekon 1 & 2)
Abakuá (Erikundi)
Abakuá (Kuchi Yerema)
Bembé 1 to 4
Bembé Wheel 5 to 12
Clave - Son 6/8 3:2
Clave Rumba 6/8 3:2
Clave - Son 6/8 2:3
Clave Rumba 6/8 2:3
Rumba style
Columbia
Eléguana shaker
Nañingo (Bembé)
Palo (Cuban-Congolese)
Palo (Cuban) pt1 & 2
Sarabanda (Palo Monte cult)
Tonada 1 & 2
Caribbean 4/4
Dancehall 1 to 6 (Jamaica)
Double offs 16ths
Alternating Double off 8ths 1 & 2
Lloyd Knibbs Ska 1 & 2
Reggaeton Dembow 1
Reggaeton Dembow 2 to 4
Rocksteady variation 1 & 2
Sly Dunbar ride 1 & 2
Ska offs 8ths (Jamaica)
Ska offs 2
Ska upbeat double triple
Ska upbeat triple
Ska upbeat triple variation
Skatalites style
Ska jazz style pt1 & 2
Biguine (Guadeloupe)
Haitian style 1 to 3
Konpa (Haiti)
Jump Up pt1 & 2
Puerto Rico shaker 1 & 2
Rythmes de Carnaval (Martinique)
Reggaeton 1 to 8
Caribbean 12/8
Voudou Haitian
Haitian style
Salve (Dominican Republic)
Tambú (Curaçao)
Yan Valu (Afro Haitian)
Yanvalou/Long bell
Various Countries 4/4
2468 Who Do We
Appreciate (UK)
Not the King
Not the Queen (UK)
Football clap (UK)
You’re Going Home in a
Blooming Ambulance (UK)
You’re Going Home in an Organised
Football Coach (UK)
Shave & a Haircut (UK/US)
Arabic 5-5-3
Arabic 3-7-3
Ayoub (Egypt)
Bayouk (Egypt)
Chobi (Egypt)
Ghawazee (Egypt)
Hayallah (Egypt)
Kartachi (Egypt)
Malfuf 1 & 2 (Egypt)
Nawari (Egypt)
Saidi/Maksum (Egypt) 1 to 3
Shiftitelli 1 & 2 (Egypt)
Sombati (Egypt)
Soot (Egypt)
Pariangan 1 to 3 (Indonesia)
Farruca (Spain) 1 & 2
Rumba/Colombianas 1 & 2
Tango Gitano (Spain) 1 & 2
Various Countries 12/8
Alegrías (Spain)
Bulerías (Spain)
Bulerías spaces
Bulerías reversed
Bulerías spaces reversed
Bulerías variation 1
Bulerías palmas 1 to 3
Bulerías compas 1 & 2
Bulerías compas 1 spaces
Bulerías compas 3 to 4
Siguiriyas (Spain)
Siguiriyas palmas pt1 & 2
Kitaab al-Adwaar (Persia/Iran)
Llamamiento pt1 & 2 (Peru)
Bhangra 1 & 2 (Punjab)
Funk 4/4
Acid Funk 1 & 2
Brazil Funk
Carioca Funk
Funk bell - Jabo style 1 to 6
Funk bell - Jabo style 7 to 9
Funk bell syncopated pt1 & 2
Funk bell syncopated 2 to 13
Funk bell syncopated 14 to 17
Hip-hop Break Beat pt1 & 2
Hip-hop Scratch pt1 & 2
Pop funk
Rock & Pop Songs 4/41
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies 3
Beatles - And I Love Her 3
Beatles - And I Love Her
adapted 3
Booker T & the MGs -
Soul Limbo 3
Dale Hawkins/Ronnie Lewis -
Susie Q 3
Gene Vincent - Susie-Q 3
Jost Nickel -
Rave Against the Machine 3
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick 3
Led Zeppelin -
Good Times Bad Times 3
LCD Sound System -
Daft Punk pt1 & 2 3
Marvin Gaye -
Got to Give it Up 3
Paloma Faith -
Just Can’t Rely on You 5
Prince - U Got the Look 5
Procol Harum - Whiskey Train 5
Robin Thicke -
Blurred Lines 1 & 2 5
Rolling Stones -
Honky Tonk Woman 1 to 3 5
RUN-DMC - King Of Rock 5
Shamir - On The Regular 5
Sugarhill Gang -
Rapper’s Delight 5
Toto - Africa 5
Talking Heads -
Once in a Lifetime pt1 & 2 7
The Bar-Kays -
Holy Ghost 1 to 4 7
The Champs -
Tequila pt1 to 4 7
War - Low Rider pt1 7
War - Low Rider pt2 7