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I discovered this groove in one of the many stacks of scribbled transcriptions next to my drum kit. It may have began as an attempt to jot down the Apocalypse in 9/8 groove from memory, although I’d hate to think I’d forgotten what time signature Apocalypse in 9/8 is in.

This is a linear, 2-bar kick/snare rhythm, under a cymbal ostinato that moves from downbeats in the first bar to offbeats in the second. The offbeat section actually starts on the + of 7, a half-beat before you might expect it. This, and the rest on the first beat of the second bar, throws off the listener’s perception of where the 1 falls.

      1   2   3   4   5   6   7     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   
7  RB                           o |   o   o   o   o   o   o   o 
-  RC o   o   o   o   o   o   o   | 
8  SD     o   o         o   o     |     o   o       o     o
   KD o o   o   o   o o   o   o o |   o   o     o o     o    

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• Virtual Drummer Loop
• MIDI
• MP3