Half-Time Shuffle Basic Pattern

Part of the Video Series Half-Time Shuffle Drum Beats

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Half-Time Shuffle Basic Pattern
Okay, this last one, before we move on, is one of my favorite half-time feel patterns and I can sometimes mix this one up with open high hats, or doubles or ghost notes, whatever we want to do and this is the basic pattern. And, with the shuffle pattern, it's like this. So, as you can see, the last couple times through, I threw in an open high hat note. You can modify these in any way you want, and one the main ways is with ghost notes, the way we'll do next.

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