UK Garage Drum Pattern (2-Step)

Swung 16ths and a kick that skips beat 3 give 2-step its shuffle. Garage lives at 130-135 BPM with plenty of swing.

132 BPM28% swingUK garage

Steps

Punchy house kick, bright hats, big clap

808 bass & chords

Fm7 → A#m7 → Fm7 → A#m7

Chord sound
808
CHD
Fm7 · then A#m7, Fm7, A#m7 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.

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How to program it

  1. Tempo 130–135 BPM.
  2. Kick on step 1 and step 11, leaving beat 3 empty: that gap is the "2-step".
  3. Snare on 5 and 13, open/closed hats on the off-beats.
  4. Push swing to about 25–30% so the shaker 16ths shuffle.

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

Questions

What is 2-step garage?

A UK garage style from the late 1990s where the kick avoids a steady four-on-the-floor and instead skips beats, giving a broken, shuffling groove. Heavy swing on the 16ths is essential.

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