{"id":14691,"date":"2021-02-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=14691"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:15:14","slug":"drum-patterns-different-genres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create drum patterns across genres (lo-fi hip hop, metal, and more)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rhythms and drum patterns are often among the most important elements for placing a song in the context of a genre.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"In a previous tutorial video, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-drum-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\">In a previous tutorial video,<\/a> we explored how to program your own drum patterns in genres spanning house to drum &amp; bass. Today, we built on that foundation by walking through how to create grooves in even more genres \u2013 specifically Jersey club, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"synthwave, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/synthwave-10-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\">synthwave,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"lo-fi hip hop, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/lo-fi-hip-hop-beat-10-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\">lo-fi hip hop,<\/a> jazz, big room, metal, alt rock, jungle, and drill music. Watch the video above to learn about the different rhythmic seeds that constitute each genre, and how to compose your original patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to experiment with the MIDI for any of the grooves we covered, feel free to download the .zip file containing all of the files <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Drum-Patterns-2-MIDI.zip\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> If you&#8217;re interested in using the specific drum one-shots we used for each genre, you can find the complete Collection of sounds <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/collections\/nickthechen\/MD6xrGalLUZE0R54CpsPxVCwGDI\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a more introductory look at making your own drum patterns, you can also <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/how-to-make-beats-for-a-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"check out our in-depth guide on beat making here. (opens in a new tab)\">check out our in-depth guide on beat making here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have any questions on how to create or apply any of these patterns in your own productions? What genres would you like to see us cover next? Let us know in the comments section of the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Browse, preview, and license Splice samples directly inside Ableton Live with our new in-DAW integration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plans\/ableton-live\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about how to create original drum patterns in genres spanning lo-fi hip hop to metal, and download our free MIDI files to dive even deeper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":14716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1851,1850,1886,1889,1696,49],"tags":[1749,1633,348,1641,1762,641,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to create drum patterns across genres (lo-fi hip hop, metal, and more) - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about how to create original drum patterns in genres spanning lo-fi hip hop to metal, and download our free MIDI files to dive even deeper.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to create drum patterns across genres (lo-fi hip hop, metal, and more) - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about how to create original drum patterns in genres spanning lo-fi hip hop to metal, and download our free MIDI files to dive even deeper.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-05T14:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T18:15:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Drum_Patterns_2_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/006da68db2cca36c1730e68e67130d39\"},\"headline\":\"How to create drum patterns across genres (lo-fi hip hop, metal, and more)\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-05T14:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T18:15:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/drum-patterns-different-genres\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Drum_Patterns_2_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"collections\",\"composition\",\"drums\",\"intermediate\",\"lo-fi\",\"MIDI\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ableton Live\",\"DAW\",\"Free\",\"Free MIDI\",\"Tips &amp; 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