I am getting bored with playing along with a metronome and a kitchen timer.
Adding guitar + bass guitar sounds makes it less boring.
Here are mp3 files of 5-minutes beat patterns in various tempo
for simple 8 beat practice and swing beats.
(Last update: Dec. 2014)
Short cut menu (Added in Dec. 2014)
If zip archive is inconvienient for you, download a file for
desired BPM from the following link.
1. 4/4 Beat practice (about 5min)
Listen the original tempo track and download the corresponding
zip file if you like.
- Pattern 1 60BPM(A major blues)
- Pattern 2 80BPM(A minor blues)
- Pattern A 100BPM(A major blues)
- Pattern B 120BPM(A minor blues)
- Pattern C 140BPM(A major blues)
- Pattern D 160BPM(A minor blues)
- Pattern E 180BPM(Hard rock 3 chord)
Please note that these are not the results of serious recording.
No practice at all:-)
100bpm to 200bpm by 1bpm step (101 files) converted from
the original sound tracks above
(Added in July 22, 2014)
Each zip archive is about 126 to 150MiB (mebibytes = 1024 x 1024 bytes).
Listen the original tempo track and download the corresponding
zip file if you like.
- 050-079bpm(zip) (1: 050-069, 2: 070-079)
8Beat-050-079.zip
(Nov. 15, 2014)
- 080-099bpm(zip) (2: 080-089, A: 090-099)
8Beat-080-099.zip
(Nov. 15, 2014)
- 100-119bpm(zip) (A: 100-109, B: 110-119)
8Beat-100-119.zip
- 120-139bpm(zip) (B: 120-129, C: 130--139)
8Beat-120-139.zip
- 140-159bpm(zip) (C: 140--149, D: 150-159)
8Beat-140-159.zip
- 160-179bpm(zip) (D: 160-169, E: 170-179)
8Beat-160-179.zip
- 180-200bpm(zip) (E: 180-200)
8Beat-180-200.zip
2. 4/4 Swing/Shuffle or 12/8 beat (about 5min)
60bpm to 240bpm by 1bpm step (Aug. 26, 2014).
Listen the original tempo track and download the corresponding
zip file if you like.
- (Aug. 26/14)070bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-060-079.zip(converted)
60 to 79 bpm (in 1.5 quarter note) 12/8 beat
(8 bar in "Bring it on home to me")
- (Aug. 26/14)090bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-080-099.zip(converted)
80 to 99 bpm shuffle (jazz blues 12 bar)
- (Aug. 27/14)
110bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-100-119.zip
in the style of Heartache Tonight
- (Aug. 27/14)
130bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-120-139.zip
in the style of Black Night
- (Aug. 27/14))
150bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-140-159.zip
in the style of Summer Time
- (Aug. 27/14)
170bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-160-179.zip
in the style of The Boys Are Back in Town
- (Aug. 27/14)
190bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-180-199.zip
in the style of Take The "A" Train
- (Aug. 28/14)
210bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-200-219.zip
in the style of Bodhisattva
- (Aug. 28/14)
230bpm-swing.mp3(original),
swing-220-240.zip
int the style of Mr. PC
For single stroke roll practice
RLR LRL RLR LRL
LRL RLR LRL RLR (left hand lead: difficult)
8th note triplet single stroke roll 16th note single stroke roll
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160bpm 120 bpm (= 3/4 * 160)
164 123
168 126
172 129
(+4 +3)
188 141
200 150
212 159
228 171
240 180
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Double stroke roll(triplets)
RRL LRR LLR RLL (easier than thought)
goto at kmgoto.jp
Feel free to use/modify the contents.