baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Blackdown and dHarry were having a discussion about beat structure in dubstep/reggae/soca etc, over on another thread that set me thinking: maybe it would be useful to have a separate thread for people to share their knowledge/questions in this area?
As most people on here who make beats probably know already, Wayne and Wax's website is amazingly useful for this: (click 'lessons') ; he also did an amazing explanation of his Blogariddims contribution, and the 3+3+2 structure connecting most of the Caribbean tunes there.
As a starter to discussion, Blackdown raised a very interesting question on the other thread (talking about a dubstep record):
given the cyclical nature of bars, how would a snare on the first and the snare on the third sound different to the reverse? i had Benny Ill explain a similar thing about the soca beat (it's snare kick kick, not kick kick snare) but, due to cycles, they appear indistinguishable in a tune.
I've always wondered how, in reggae, the listener can 'tell' that the guitar/organ chords are on the offbeat, producing the trademark skank. Surely this would depend upon there being an incontrovertible 'marker' of the beginning of the bar? Do we simply attribute the bass drum (which may be felt more than heard in many contexts) to the beginning of the bar automatically? And would someone who had never heard any music before automatically do the same?
As most people on here who make beats probably know already, Wayne and Wax's website is amazingly useful for this: (click 'lessons') ; he also did an amazing explanation of his Blogariddims contribution, and the 3+3+2 structure connecting most of the Caribbean tunes there.
As a starter to discussion, Blackdown raised a very interesting question on the other thread (talking about a dubstep record):
given the cyclical nature of bars, how would a snare on the first and the snare on the third sound different to the reverse? i had Benny Ill explain a similar thing about the soca beat (it's snare kick kick, not kick kick snare) but, due to cycles, they appear indistinguishable in a tune.
I've always wondered how, in reggae, the listener can 'tell' that the guitar/organ chords are on the offbeat, producing the trademark skank. Surely this would depend upon there being an incontrovertible 'marker' of the beginning of the bar? Do we simply attribute the bass drum (which may be felt more than heard in many contexts) to the beginning of the bar automatically? And would someone who had never heard any music before automatically do the same?