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Best Way To Learn Beat Counts.

Dj AR1 4:53 PM - 18 May, 2012
hey guys, how's every one doing...
well, as far i know i still have problems on some beat counts.
what or wich is the best way to learn bout it.
im tired of doing youtube. i just cant get to understand it, i think is more ez a step by step talk.
just as everything else i had learn here n from you guys.

thanks.
ral 7:05 PM - 18 May, 2012
Watchwww.youtube.com
deezlee 7:05 PM - 18 May, 2012
Most songs have 2 snares per bar. Like if a rap song has a steady snare that you can clap along with, it's prolly 2 snares per bar, on the 2 and 4. Count one bar like this: "one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and-"
Dj Shamann 8:25 PM - 18 May, 2012
While deezlee is correct, the "and" is more useful when you're using a double timed metronome so as not to confuse the ticks, where as with Hip-Hop/Top 40/House you can just count like this..

"ONE-two-three-four-TWO-two-three-four-THREE-two-
three-four-FOUR-two-three-four"


That right there is four bars. Standard vocal dance songs (loosely speaking) generally have an 8 bar chorus, or if they repeat the chorus it's 16. But the reason four is important is because the general loop or progression of the riff lies within those four bars, even if there is a variation between 1-4 and 5-8 that four bars is like your base. And then when it comes to vocal choruses, even if it's 8 bars, it's basically broken into two pieces.

Eventually you'll just now instinctively when songs are going to change their A-B parts.
Dj Shamann 8:29 PM - 18 May, 2012
"ONE-two-three-four-TWO-two-three-four-THREE-two-three-four-FOUR-two-t
hree-four"
"KICK-snare-kick-snare-KICK-snare-kick-snare-KICK-snare-kick-snare-KIC
K-snare-kick-snare"
Dj AR1 8:33 PM - 18 May, 2012
Quote:
While deezlee is correct, the "and" is more useful when you're using a double timed metronome so as not to confuse the ticks, where as with Hip-Hop/Top 40/House you can just count like this..



"ONE-two-three-four-TWO-two-three-four-THREE-two-

three-four-FOUR-two-three-four"





That right there is four bars. Standard vocal dance songs (loosely speaking) generally have an 8 bar chorus, or if they repeat the chorus it's 16. But the reason four is important is because the general loop or progression of the riff lies within those four bars, even if there is a variation between 1-4 and 5-8 that four bars is like your base. And then when it comes to vocal choruses, even if it's 8 bars, it's basically broken into two pieces.



Eventually you'll just now instinctively when songs are going to change their A-B parts.



real deep explanation,
thanks guys seriouslly for helping out.

i need to learn dis like 90% perfection, so i kno were to cut a song.

thank u.