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Song bar beats5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() If you listen to your track again during the ‘meat’ phase (see previous tutorial for definition of this), you will count the bass kick at every bar yet you may also hear hi-hats happening twice as fast. I just want to point out that a beat isn’t the smallest note that can be played within a bar. You also tend to get snare drums or claps at beat 2 and beat 4 of the bar. When something about the track changes, the change happens on the 1st beat (like a crash symbol being played). If not, listen carefully to all the sounds you’re hearing, there is sometimes something different about the 1st beat. It is important to be able to listen to a piece of music and identify the 1st beat in a bar so you continue counting beats correctly. ![]() When you can do that, count them in fours like: 1234 1234 1234 1234. As an exercise play a dance track of yours and count the beats. In the diagram above, there were 4 beats displayed so these define a single bar. With dance music you will get 4 beats in a bar (I’ve yet to hear a track that deviates from this rule, if you know of one I’d love to hear it). The actual number of beats contained within a bar varies with different styles of music. If you don’t know what I mean, watch the video, it will all become clear.Ī group of beats can be collated into what we call a bar. There is a distinct bass drum (commonly called a kick) that is in time with the track: dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum.Įach ‘dum’ is a beat and when you’re appreciating music by nodding your head or tapping on something, you’re keeping in time with the beats. When you listen to a dance track, think about the start when the drums kick in. All you need to know is that this represents some notes that are being played. Don’t worry too much about the symbols and lines. ![]()
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