7 MIDI Drum Patterns For Beginners [Free Download]

Getting started making beats can be overwhelming. MIDI drum patterns for beginners will help you get started. 

The Benefits Of MIDI Drum Patterns For Beginners

Makes it easy to start a drum pattern. 

Getting a super simple drum pattern going will help streamline music making for beginners. With all the technology going on it can be overwhelming on where to start. 

MIDI drum patterns for beginners makes it easy to get a simple - but great sounding - drum pattern. 

Makes it easy to adjust when you want to change

Like most music people create - the first version isn't the final. You'll want to add, edit, modify, delete. This is especially true for beginners. 

Whether in the 5 minutes, 5 days, or 5 months - you'll go back and want to change parts of your music. If it's drums, you can easily tweak the midi drums.

Layer More Complex Drum Patterns

MIDI Drum Patterns for beginners are pretty simple. Not basic, not terrible, but they are simple. Enough to get a beat going. 

As you get more experienced you'll want to add in more sounds and humanize the drums as well. 

Starting with MIDI drum patterns for beginners allows you to do this. 

MIDI Drum Patterns for Beginners - All You Need To Get Started

Here's 7 patterns great for beginners. You'll see the audio previews but you can download the MIDI in our freebies section.

Beat 1
a simple kick-snare-hihat pattern

 

Beat 2
a simple kick-snare-bell pattern

 

Beat 3
now we're adding in more closed hi-hats for more energy

 

Beat 4
a kick-snare pattern with an open hi-hat pattern mixed in.

 

Beat 5
a sparse kick-snare pattern with one closed hi-hat.

 

Beat 6
introducing more kicks in the pattern.

 

Beat 7
a simple pattern with low toms added in for flare.

 

Back to blog