# Grooves by style

Same four limbs, same jobs. What changes is where the kick sits, how the beat is
divided, and how loud the soft notes are.

## Rock / pop (eighths on the hat)

    hat    x x x x x x x x
    snare  - - o - - - o -
    kick   o - - - o - - -      (or o - o - o - o - for four on the floor)

## Half-time (snare on 3)

    hat    x - x - x - x - x - x - x - x -
    snare  - - - - - - - - o - - - - - - -
    kick   o - - - - - o - - - - - - - - -

## Shuffle (three per beat, play the first and last)

    hat    x - x  x - x  x - x  x - x
    snare  - - -  o - -  - - -  o - -
    kick   o - -  - - -  o - -  - - -

## 6/8

    hat    x - x  x - x
    snare  - - -  o - -
    kick   o - -  - - -

## Funk

    hat    x - x - x - x - x - x - x - x -
    snare  - - g - O - - g - - g - O - g -
    kick   o - - o - - o - - - o - o - - -

Not harder to read than rock — harder to play softly enough, which is the style.

Learn one per week. A groove you can play for three minutes without thinking beats
six you can start.