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Eurodisco Rolling Tambourine

Genre: Eurodance · Tempo: 126 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 32 steps · Style: early-1990s Eurodisco and Eurodance

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The pattern

InstrumentSteps (1 = start of the bar)VelocityTiming and chance
kick1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29125on the grid, always plays
perc11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 3255-85on the grid, always plays
perc32, 3, 6, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 26, 27, 30, 3285on the grid, always plays
hat-open3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 3185on the grid, always plays
clap5, 13, 21, 29105on the grid, always plays
perc224, 26, 29, 3185on the grid, always plays

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Notes

Early-1990s Eurodisco at 126 BPM. The steps follow the MIDI grids in Attack Magazine's breakdown of an early-1990s Eurodisco beat: a 909 kick on every beat, a shortened open hat on each offbeat, a 909 clap on 2 and 4 in a room reverb, a processed tambourine on every step and a woodblock figure that repeats each bar. The high conga only comes in at bar 2, which gives the two bars a different weight. Swing stays at 50%. It is a beat in that style, not a transcription of any track.

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