How do you Pen Tap?

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Pen tapping is easy, I use the one-pen style. Use a thick pen, hold it in the middle. Your wrist is the bass, clicking the end of the pen against the table is a click, and slapping it is snare. B=Bass, C=Click, S=Snare

4-beat rhythm:
BCSC BCSC
8-beat rhythm:
BCSCCBSC BCSCCBSC
16-beat rhythm:
BCBCSCCSCCBCSCCC BCBCSCCSCCBCSCCC
(Remove the C's for a general beat of any of these)
And one i made up:
BBSCBSCB BBSCBSCB

Try improvising, sorry but I don't know 32, 45, or 64 beat rhythms :(

Have fun.
OK to get more complicated you can use two pens. This will allow you to come up with more variety. What you will mainly use your not dominant hand for is to just do a Click. But, sometimes you will also use it as a Snare or Bass. Have fun adding the other hand to the equation and good luck coming up with new and cool beats.
~Josh Messier~
*BRENDEN BRUCE EDIT*
Ok, so these are beats that I made up...


LEGEND : 1=Bass 2=Tap 3=Slap 4=Second hand Tap _=Small Pause


Beat one : 1_131(Keep repeating for as long as you like.)
Beat two : 113 133 333
Beat three : 113 111 3(Repeat)


Beat four : 1 424 3 424 1(Repeat)


Beat five : 11 222 3 222 13 13 13 222

heres a really simple one-12223



here are some other beats
Legend-1=bass, 2=snare,3=hi-hat, or slap, and 4=left hand snare, 5-scratch

beat 1:123112131
beat 2:12222 322 12 123 223
beat 3:123 11 11 323
beat 4:1 242 3 242
beat 5:1424 3 42 42 41 43 424
beat 6:12232 1232
beat 7:1 5 3 55 3 5 1 5 3 555

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