Funk / Pop · medium · 100 BPM
The Money Beat (16th-Note Hats)
The single most-recorded groove in popular music: kick on beat 1 plus the 'and' of 2, snare on the 2 and 4 backbeat, and steady straight sixteenth notes on the hi-hat. The extra kick pushing into beat 3 gives it that forward, money-making bounce.
Press play to hear it, then open the full machine to edit, loop, and play along with your own kit.
What this teaches
Coordinating a syncopated kick under a continuous sixteenth-note hi-hat while keeping a rock-solid backbeat.
Heard in
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- Rosanna - Toto
- Babylon Sisters - Steely Dan