25 Must-Know Hi-Hat Patterns

We can all get tired of playing the same old thing on the hi-hats. So today I’m playing 25 different hi-hat patterns over the same beat to get your creative juices flowing. Get the transcription for these examples or book a one-on-one lesson with me: Follow me: @JeffRandallDrumming @JeffRandallDrumming 0:00 Intro 1:09 8th-notes 1:32 8th-notes w/ accents 1:50 8th-notes w/ up-beat accents 2:09 8th-notes w/ syncopated accents 2:26 Quarter-notes 2:45 Quarter-notes on the up-beats 3:03 Quarter-notes & 8th-notes 3:22 Quarter-notes & 8th-notes following the beat 3:40 Quarter-notes & 8th-notes over the beat 3:59 Quarter-notes & 8th-notes against the beat 4:18 16th-notes 4:35 16th-notes w/ accents 4:54 16th-notes w/ up-beat accents 5:11 16th-notes w/ syncopated accents 5:30 Broken 16th-notes 5:48 Syncopated 16th-notes 6:07 Linear 16th-notes 6:25 8th-note groove w/ 16th-note embellishments 6:43 8th-note groove w/ more 16th-note embellishments 7:01 8th-note groove w/ syncopated 16th-note embellishments 7:20 One-handed broken 16th-notes 7:37 One-handed 8th-notes w/ 16th-note embellishments 7:56 One-handed 8th-notes w/ double-stroke embellishments 8:14 One-handed 8th-notes w/ syncopated embellishments 8:32 One-handed 8th-notes w/ double & triple-stroke embellishments 8:53 Outro