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DRUMPPY: A simple drum pattern editor and player with Python

Last updated: 2025-07-13

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look already here https://github.com/weigu1/drumppy

Intro

Drum patterns

Reggae

A typical reggae beat resembles a rock-pop beat, but emphasizes the offbeats, often with a strong bass drum (+ snare or cross stick) on the third beat. It also often has a steady hi-hat pattern (eighth notes with accents on the offbeats). The tempo lies mostly between 60 and 100 bpm.

Basic groove: Stepper

A lot of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) comes with a "Four On The Floor" or "Four Drop" drum beat. The bass drum hits every four counts in the 4/4 bar. In Reggae, this rhythm has the name "Steppers". It's said to have been invented by Sly Dunbar as part of the Studio Bands of Channel One Studio's in Jamaica, and is often used in UK Roots and DUB as well as contemporary Eurodub and other (online) releases.

It's a powerful, militant rhythm that keeps flowing while in the same time almost instantly catches the attention of people in the dance. This is it:

Basic groove: One drop

It's called the "One Drop" because, it only has one drop of the bas drum. With quarter notes, the bass drum and snare (or cross-stick) land heavily together on beat 3 Hi-hats are on all counts, but beats 2 and 4 are accented (louder).

The second rhythm is the oldest. It's called the "One Drop" because, yes, it only has one drop and that drop happens to be just like the snare, on the third count. I'm by far not an expert on Bob Marley and the Wailers' catalogue but I would bet that the One Drop is the most utilized rhythm in especially the 1970's works of that well known Reggae act. Wailers' drummer Carlton Barret has perfectionized his playing of the rhythm to such an extend that I would consider him to be "Mr. One Drop" where Sly Dunbar is "Mr. Steppers".

Because most popular Drum rhythms all start with at least a bas drum hit ("drop") on the first count of a bar, the One Drop has that special feel. Many people do not exactly know how to respond in their dance to the One Drop. Check it out:

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https://github.com/weigu1/drumppy