A good way to get started with this is take a pretty simple beat and play 8th notes on the ride cymbal alternating from the bell to the cymbal. Then practice playing the hi hat so every time you hit the bell or cymbal you hit with the hi hat.( So it lands on the quarter notes) Mess around with this even more by playing the hi hat on the up beat and the down beat and switching the ride bell and cymbal from the up to down beat or vise versa. Later you'll get used to it and should be able to keep time with you hi hat on any beat. Hope that makes sense lol
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