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kick snare hat Drums

General MIDI drum names are sounds, written like notes.

  • The names: kick snare rim clap hat phat ohat crash ride bell, tom1 to tom6, cowbell tamb clave shaker conga bongo woodblock.
  • @ and ^ leave drums alone, so a transposed groove keeps its kit.

A rock beat, then the same beat with the hats doubled.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c2 f#2 d2 f#2 c2 f#2 d2 f#2 c2 f#2 f#2 f#2 f#2 d2 f#2 f#2 f#2 f#2 c2 f#2 f#2 f#2 f#2 d2

Every built-in name, one after another.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c2 d2 c#2 d#2 f#2 g#2 a#2 c#3 d#3 f3 d3 c3 b2 a2 g2 f2 g#3 f#3 d#5 a#4 d#4 c4 e5

A groove with a bass line. `@5` moves the bass and leaves the drums where they are.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c2 c3 f#2 c3 d2 g3 f#2 c3 c2 f3 f#2 f3 d2 c4 f#2 f3