Beatbay guide
Jersey club beat
A Jersey club beat is fast, around 130 to 145 BPM, built on a kick pattern of five: two hits on the beat, then three quick ones (“boom, boom, boom-boom-boom”), with claps on 2 and 4 and short vocal chops bouncing over the top.
The pattern
The kick plays beats 1 and 2, then the “and” of 3 and beat 4 in a quick run, so the second half of the bar tumbles forward. Claps sit on 2 and 4, a light hi-hat ticks in eighths, and a percussion hit answers at the end of each half bar.
| Drum | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punch kick | X | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | X | · | X | · | X | · | · | · |
| Big clap | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · |
| Tight hat | x | · | x | · | x | · | x | · | x | · | x | · | x | · | x | · |
| Shaker | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | x | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | x |
Read across: each column is a sixteenth note, numbered on the beats. X is an accent, x a hit, r a quick roll, ? a hit that plays only some of the time round.
Tempo and feel
Keep it straight, with no swing, and fast: 140 BPM is the usual. The vocal chops are part of the rhythm: short shouts and syllables placed off the beat. Beatbay’s vocal track (Pro) makes them in code: try “Uh!” and “Hey!”.
The beat above is Beatbay’s “Jersey club” starter: 140 BPM, straight. Tap any step to change it while it plays.
Make it your own
Move the third kick of the run a sixteenth earlier or later to change the bounce, or add a roll of three on the last hi-hat. Use the Fill button before a change.
When you like it, “Open in Beatbay” takes your version into the app, where you can save it, add patterns and share it as a link, a video or a WAV.
Questions
What BPM is Jersey club?
Usually 130 to 145 BPM, most often about 140.