Progressive house drum pattern

Progressive house drums are clean and steady, made to build over long sections. This one is at 126 BPM with no swing, made to build: kick and clap first, then the hats.

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PROGRESSIVE HOUSE126 BPM · SWING 0%
Kick 10
Clap 02
Open HH 03
Closed HH 02
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Most of the sounds in this pattern are in our free tech house drum kit.

The basic progressive house beat

Strip the pattern down to kick, clap and closed hat and you have the basic progressive house beat: the part that makes it progressive house before anything else is added. Start there, get the kick and bass sitting together, then bring in the rest. Press Basic beat above to hear it and download it as MIDI.

How the pattern is built

Kick 10
Four on the floor. Progressive house keeps the kick steady for minutes at a time while the music builds above it.
Clap 02
A clap on two and four.
Open HH 03
An open hat on every offbeat, straight.
Closed HH 02
Quiet closed hats on the sixteenths between, for a rolling feel without swing.

Make it your own

  • Build over 16 bars: start with kick and clap, add the open hat, then the sixteenth hats.
  • Use the fill bar for a clap roll into the drop.
  • Open the filter slowly through a build instead of adding more drums.

Tempos for every genre: BPM by genre. Or let the beat generator write variations. All 20 patterns as MIDI in one zip: free drum MIDI patterns.

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Every sound in this pattern is from RAW POWER →179 royalty-free house and tech house drums: 25 kicks, 21 snares, 20 claps, 43 hi-hats, percussion and 16 loops. $29, instant download.

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Questions

What BPM is progressive house?

Usually 122 to 128 BPM.

How do progressive house drums differ from house?

Cleaner and straighter, with less swing, and arranged to build: parts come in one by one over long sections, often with a ride or a clap roll before the drop.

Why use a ride in progressive house?

A ride on the eighths adds energy and shimmer without cluttering the low end, so it is a simple way to lift a section.

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