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[Guy Rowland]

It’s a lot! The number in parenthesis is the number of families of grooves inside, each of these has many variations broken into parts of a song, and then typically several variations for each part. If there’s no numbers in parenthesis it’s one family.

POP/ROCK SINGER-SONGWRITER
Straight 4/4 (9)
Swing 4/4 (3)
Straight 6/8
Swing 6/8
Straight Halftime 4/4
Swing Halftime 4/4
Straight 12/8

CLASSIC SOUL/R&B
Straight 4/4

BLUES
Swing 4/4

FUNK
Straight 4/4

FOLK/COUNTRY
Straight 4/4

DISCO
Straight 4/4

JAZZ
Swing 4/4

LATIN
Straight 4/4

TRAINBEATS
Straight 4/4

CLASSIC HARD & HEAVY ROCK
Straight 4/4 (3)

ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Straight 4/4
Swing 4/4
Straight 7/8

METAL
Straight 4/4 (3)
Swing 4/4

REGGAE
Straight 4/4 (2)
Swing 4/4

PUNK
Straight 4/4 (2)
Swing 4/4

JAZZ-ROCK/FUSION
Straight 4/4
Swing 4/4

ODD METERS
Straight 3/4
Straight 7/8

ELECTRONIC POP
Straight 4/4 (5)
Swing 4/4

HIP-HOP
Straight 4/4 (4)

EDM
Straight 4/4 (4)

REGGAETRON/AFRO-BEAT
Straight 4/4 (3)

CONTEMPORARY R&B/NEO SOUL
Straight 4/4 (4)

INDIE-POP/ALTERNATIVE
Straight 4/4 (6)
Swing 4/4

 

EDIT, whoops forgot these – between about 5-13 for each category:

PERCUSSION

ONE SHOTS
Straight 3/4
Swing 3/4
Straight 4/4
Swing 4/4
Straight 6/8
Swing 6/8

SHAKER
Straight 3/4
Swing 3/4
Straight 4/4
Swing 4/4
Straight 6/8
Swing 6/8

TAMBOURINE
Straight 3/4
Swing 3/4
Straight 4/4
Swing 4/4
Straight 6/8
Swing 6/8

• This post was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Guy Rowland.

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