diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
index 72502c02cd..07f40f763b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using osuTK;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Skinning;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
@@ -81,6 +83,42 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                 foreach (var drawableHitObject in NestedHitObjects)
                     drawableHitObject.AccentColour.Value = colour.NewValue;
             }, true);
+
+            Tracking.BindValueChanged(updateSlidingSample);
+        }
+
+        private SkinnableSound slidingSample;
+
+        protected override void LoadSamples()
+        {
+            base.LoadSamples();
+
+            slidingSample?.Expire();
+            slidingSample = null;
+
+            var firstSample = HitObject.Samples.FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (firstSample != null)
+            {
+                var clone = HitObject.SampleControlPoint.ApplyTo(firstSample);
+                clone.Name = "sliderslide";
+
+                AddInternal(slidingSample = new SkinnableSound(clone)
+                {
+                    Looping = true
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void updateSlidingSample(ValueChangedEvent<bool> tracking)
+        {
+            // note that samples will not start playing if exiting a seek operation in the middle of a slider.
+            // may be something we want to address at a later point, but not so easy to make happen right now
+            // (SkinnableSound would need to expose whether the sample is already playing and this logic would need to run in Update).
+            if (tracking.NewValue && ShouldPlaySamples)
+                slidingSample?.Play();
+            else
+                slidingSample?.Stop();
         }
 
         protected override void AddNestedHitObject(DrawableHitObject hitObject)
@@ -156,6 +194,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 
             Tracking.Value = Ball.Tracking;
 
+            if (Tracking.Value && slidingSample != null)
+                // keep the sliding sample playing at the current tracking position
+                slidingSample.Balance.Value = CalculateSamplePlaybackBalance(Ball.X / OsuPlayfield.BASE_SIZE.X);
+
             double completionProgress = Math.Clamp((Time.Current - slider.StartTime) / slider.Duration, 0, 1);
 
             Ball.UpdateProgress(completionProgress);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index b633cb0860..f275153ce3 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
             if (Result == null)
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"{GetType().ReadableName()} must provide a {nameof(JudgementResult)} through {nameof(CreateResult)}.");
 
-            loadSamples();
+            LoadSamples();
         }
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
             }
 
             samplesBindable = HitObject.SamplesBindable.GetBoundCopy();
-            samplesBindable.CollectionChanged += (_, __) => loadSamples();
+            samplesBindable.CollectionChanged += (_, __) => LoadSamples();
 
             apply(HitObject);
 
             updateState(ArmedState.Idle, true);
         }
 
-        private void loadSamples()
+        protected virtual void LoadSamples()
         {
             if (Samples != null)
             {
@@ -353,17 +353,32 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
         private GameplayClock gameplayClock { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Calculate the position to be used for sample playback at a specified X position (0..1).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="position">The lookup X position. Generally should be <see cref="SamplePlaybackPosition"/>.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected double CalculateSamplePlaybackBalance(double position)
+        {
+            const float balance_adjust_amount = 0.4f;
+
+            return balance_adjust_amount * (userPositionalHitSounds.Value ? position - 0.5f : 0);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether samples should currently be playing. Will be false during seek operations.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected bool ShouldPlaySamples => gameplayClock?.IsSeeking != true;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Plays all the hit sounds for this <see cref="DrawableHitObject"/>.
         /// This is invoked automatically when this <see cref="DrawableHitObject"/> is hit.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void PlaySamples()
         {
-            const float balance_adjust_amount = 0.4f;
-
-            if (Samples != null && gameplayClock?.IsSeeking != true)
+            if (Samples != null && ShouldPlaySamples)
             {
-                Samples.Balance.Value = balance_adjust_amount * (userPositionalHitSounds.Value ? SamplePlaybackPosition - 0.5f : 0);
+                Samples.Balance.Value = CalculateSamplePlaybackBalance(SamplePlaybackPosition);
                 Samples.Play();
             }
         }