Funk Drum Loops and Beats

Funk drum beats played on a real kit, full of ghost notes, syncopated kick patterns and pocket. Lay down a slap line, work out a choppy rhythm part, or build a track on one. Most sit between 85 and 120 BPM, and every one is a royalty free drum track.

Some of these grooves are tight and busy, others swung and loose. A kick might sneak onto the "e" or the "a", the backbeat can lay back or slip off 2 and 4, and a rest often shows up right where you'd expect a hit. These lean toward straight-up funk. For something louder with more rock in it, check out the groove rock and funk rock beats.

Ghost notes, syncopated hi-hat barks, a backbeat that moves around. That vocabulary comes from Clyde Stubblefield with James Brown, Zigaboo Modeliste with the Meters, and David Garibaldi with Tower of Power.

Jamming? Many of these beats have 20-minute versions on YouTube. Recording? Use the downloads. Video timing can drift slightly off tempo, and the drum loops here lock to the grid.

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