# GM Drum Kit Reference (Channel 10 = channel=9) ## Standard GM Drum Mapping | Note | Voice | Note | Voice | Note | Voice | Note | Voice | |------|---------------|------|--------------|------|----------------|------|------------| | 35 | Low conga | 36 | **Kick 1** | 37 | High conga | 38 | **Snare 1** | | 39 | Low tom | 40 | Crash cymbal | 41 | High tom | 42 | **Hi-hat Cl** | | 43 | Ride cymbal 1 | 44 | Closed hi-hat | 45 | Open hi-hat | 46 | **Open Hi-hat** | | 47 | Pedal hi-hat | 48 | Low tom | 49 | Crash cymbal | 50 | Low bongo | | 51 | Ride cymbal 2| 52 | High bongo | 53 | Low-mid conga | 54 | Mid conga | | 55 | High conga | 56 | Low-mid timbale | 57 | **Tambourine** | 58 | High timbale | | 59 | Low agogo | 60 | High agogo | 61 | Cabasa | 62 | Maracas | | 63 | Short whistle| 64 | Long whistle | 65 | Short guiro | 66 | Long guiro | | 67 | Claves | 68 | Hi wood block | 69 | Low wood block | 70 | Mud claps / Cabasa | | 71 | Hi snap | 72 | Maraca | 73 | Short shaker | 74 | Long shaker | | 75 | Guiro | 76 | Cabasa | 77 | Whisper | 78 | Stroke hit / scrape | | 79 | Stroke scrape | 80 | Slap | 81 | Scratch push | 82 | Slap | | 83 | Scratch pull | 84 | Sticks | 85 | Square click | 86 | Metronome | | 87 | Drum roll | 88 | Kick pedal | 89 | Kick pedal | 90 | Snare | | 91 | Snare str. | 92 | Low tom | 93 | Snare str. | 94 | Rim shot | | 95 | Open hh | 96 | Open hh | 97 | Low tom | 98 | Closed hh | | 99 | Low-mid tom| 100 | Hi tom | 101 | Crash cym. | 102 | Mid tom | | 103 | Closed hh| 104 | Ride cym| 105 | Kick 2 | 106 | Snare 2 | | 107 | Timbale | 108 | Agogo | 109 | Steel drum | 110 | Bongos | | 111 | congas | 112 | Bell | | | | | ## Classic Drum Patterns ### 128 BPM Dance (4/4) ``` Bar 1, 2, 3: Standard dance beat Bar 4: Add fills Kick: X . . . X . . . (on 1, 5) Snare: . . . . X . . . (on 5) HH closed:. . . . . . . . . (constant 8ths) ``` ### 120 BPM Half-time ``` Kick: X . . . . . . . (on 1 only) Snare: . . . . X . . . (on 5) HH closed:. X . . . X . . (subdued, syncopated) ``` ### 140 BPM Breakbeat-tinged ``` Kick: X . . X . . . . (16th feel) Snare: . . . . X . . X (with accent on 9) HH closed: (16th notes, accented) ```