Yussef Dayes
Solo / Yussef Kamaal · Jazz-broken-beat feel — fast fluid hands, hi-hat texture, loose-but-locked pocket
The grooves Yussef Dayes actually uses across their path, moves and song studies — each one opens the same exercise workout the rest of the app links to.
Snare Displacement
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
Normally the snare lands on 2 and 4. Here you slide it slightly later each time — onto the 'e', then the '&', then the 'a' — while the hi-hat and kick refuse to move.
Goal: You feel the pulse independently of the backbeat
WorkoutGroove Displacement — Whole Bar Shift
Level 4Groove · 55–130 BPM
Take a groove you already know and shift every single note one 8th-note later in the bar, so beat 1 now lands where the '&' of 4 used to be. It trains you to feel 'one' internally instead of relying on where the notes are.
Goal: A groove that survives being displaced from the bar line
WorkoutKick Placement Drill
Level 2Groove · 55–140 BPM
Your hands play the exact same thing every bar. Only the kick moves. This builds the 'my foot goes where I want' skill that everything else depends on.
Goal: Tight, creative kick phrasing under a static groove
WorkoutOpen Hi-Hat Dynamics
Level 3Groove · 55–140 BPM
Instead of always playing the hi-hat closed, you let it ring open ('o') on certain notes and snap it shut with your left foot right before the next hit. It's the classic disco/rock 'chick' sound.
Goal: Musical control over open and closed hi-hat sounds
WorkoutRide Bell Patterns
Level 2Groove · 60–160 BPM
The bell (the raised dome in the middle of the ride) gives a sharp, cutting 'ping' compared to the washier bow. Mixing the two on the same cymbal creates a built-in accent without moving your hand anywhere else.
Goal: A ride hand with built-in accents, ready for jazz or rock
WorkoutSnare–Tom Combination Grooves
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
Instead of every backbeat landing on the snare, some of them move to a tom, so the groove itself sounds like a mini fill without ever stopping the pocket.
Goal: Groove vocabulary that sounds composed, not just backbeat-backbeat
WorkoutLinear Groove Around the Kit
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
'Linear' means only one limb sounds at a time — no kick and hi-hat together, ever. It forces your hands off the snare and onto the toms to fill the space.
Goal: Modern linear groove vocabulary you can drop into a fill
WorkoutRide Pattern Variations
Level 2Groove · 55–150 BPM
The snare and kick stay the same the whole time. Only your right hand changes what it is doing on the ride. This teaches your limbs to stop copying each other.
Goal: A right hand you can change without losing the pocket
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