Piano Roll — Two-Bar Rock Beat on the General MIDI Drum Map
A standard two-bar rock groove as it appears in a DAW's drum lane, using General MIDI percussion notes: closed hi-hat (F♯2, note 42) on every eighth, kick (C2, note 36) on beats 1 and 3 plus the eighth after 3, snare (D2, note 38) on the backbeats 2 and 4, and a crash (C♯3, note 49) on the downbeat.
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title "Rock beat — GM drum map, 2 bars at 120 bpm"
tempo 120
time 4/4
beats 8
# GM drums: C2 kick (36), D2 snare (38), F#2 closed hat (42), C#3 crash (49).
note C#3 at 0 length 1 color "#0891b2"
note C2 at 0 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 0 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 0.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note D2 at 1 length 0.5 color "#d97706"
note F#2 at 1 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 1.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note C2 at 2 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 2 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note C2 at 2.5 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 2.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note D2 at 3 length 0.5 color "#d97706"
note F#2 at 3 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 3.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note C2 at 4 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 4 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 4.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note D2 at 5 length 0.5 color "#d97706"
note F#2 at 5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 5.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note C2 at 6 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 6 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note C2 at 6.5 length 0.5 color "#dc2626"
note F#2 at 6.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note D2 at 7 length 0.5 color "#d97706"
note F#2 at 7 length 0.5 color "#64748b"
note F#2 at 7.5 length 0.5 color "#64748b"