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Pop & Rock Grooves

Backbeat grooves for songwriting and jams.

Intermediate16 min100 BPM

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Key concepts

  • Kick-snare translation
  • Hi-hat with the other hand
  • Song dynamics

Practice exercises

  1. 1Play along with 3 songs
  2. 2Chorus vs verse dynamics

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100 BPM

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