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My kit has a fixed hi-hat and a cowbell just above the floor tom on the right side, and it always feels good to ride on either of the metal instruments in a quarter-note groove, playing the offbeats on the floor tom with the same hand. That’s the way to learn this groove: start with the ride hand, then add the kick, then the snare accents, and finally the ghost notes on the snare. Then, if you’re feeling underutilized, play the hi-hat with your foot on the offbeats, or better, splash it open on the downbeat, and close it on the offbeat.

This transcription doesn’t show the ghost notes, but they’re played on most of the e’s and a’s — whatever feels good.

      1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
CB    o   o   o   o   o   o   o   o   
FT      o   o   o   o   o   o   o   o 
SD            O               O  O
KD    o  o oo       o o  o oo      oo
HH      o   o   o   o   o   o   o   o

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