Disco Drum Pattern

Four-on-the-floor plus a snare backbeat and open hats pushing every off-beat.

118 BPM0% swingDisco

Steps

Punchy house kick, bright hats, big clap

808 bass & chords

F → C → Dm → A#

Chord sound
808
CHD
F · then C, Dm, A# on later loops

The 808 follows the chord root in each bar; set a step's offset to walk the bassline. Pads hold until the next chord hit. Stabs are short.

Click a step once for a hit, twice for an accent, three times to clear. Space plays/stops, T taps tempo, R makes a random beat.

Export
Saved beats (0)

Nothing saved yet. Beats stay on this device only.

How to program it

  1. Tempo 110–125 BPM.
  2. Kick on every beat, snare on 2 and 4.
  3. Open hat on each off-beat (steps 3, 7, 11, 15).
  4. Optional: cowbell or tambourine on a syncopated line.

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Step chart · one bar of 16th notes, numbers mark the beats

Questions

Where did four on the floor come from?

It was popularised by 1970s disco drummers such as Earl Young of the Philadelphia International house band, whose open-hat off-beats became a disco trademark.

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