A Genre-Based Guide to Drum Patterns and Chord Progressions

A Genre-Based Guide to Drum Patterns and Chord Progressions is the ultimate cheat code for producers, musicians, and beat nerds who want to stop fumbling around in the dark and start building bangers by design. Whether you’re crafting gritty boom bap, soulful jazz progressions, or EDM drops that melt faces, this guide breaks down the essential rhythms and chord movements behind the world’s most iconic genres.

We’re talking:

Drum patterns that define the sound (with variations that go stupid hard)
Chord progressions that slap, swoon, or swing depending on the genre
Music theory that doesn’t feel like a textbook lecture
Tips, examples, and plug-and-play formulas you can actually use

From trap to jazz, reggae to house, this book’s got the sauce to take your tracks from basic to billboard-bait. Clean enough for beginners, deep enough for pros.