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Reggae#

15 grooves. Pick one with groove: reggae (or another name below) in the song or a section.

Groove Amp Swing Bass Description
reggae clean 0.3 reggae short skank on 2 and 4, kick on 3, slow bass
reggae/ska clean 0 walk muted upstrokes on every offbeat, open hi-hat, fast tempo
reggae/rockers clean 0.2 reggae double skank on 2 and 4, kick on 1 and 3 ('70s)
reggae/steppers clean 0.2 eighths four-on-the-floor kick, skank on every offbeat
reggae/bubble clean 0.3 reggae sixteenth-note chops like the reggae organ, one drop
reggae/rocksteady clean 0.5 walk skank on 2 and 4 with a muted offbeat, walking bass
reggae/dub clean 0.3 two a single skank on 2, lots of space, bass in two
reggae/dancehall clean 0 dotted dembow rhythm, offbeat chops
reggae/roots clean 0.3 reggae skank on 2 and 4 repeated on the offbeat
reggae/lovers clean 0.3 slow long open chord and skank on 4
reggae/skinhead clean 0 walk double muted offbeat strums, fast
reggae/calypso clean 0 dotted open syncopated strums, four-on-the-floor kick
reggae/2tone crunch 0 walk muted offbeats in crunch, punk drums
reggae/police clean 0 two long chords on the offbeats, straight one drop (The Police style)
reggae/bluebeat clean 1 walk shuffle ska, swung muted offbeats