SUMMARY
If you’re interested in finding out about how drums, rhythm, and tempo work, this is the blog for you!
CLASSROOM
Watch How Rhythm Works (47 minutes)
- Rhythm is independent
- Without Rhythm, there is no music
- Rhythm is complex and addicting
- Tempo depends on us
- Tempo is present in all music
- Hiding tempo can help sometimes
- Subdivision, Accent, Pulse, and tempo
- Double time, triple time is the offspring
- You can change where the accent falls
- Syncopation-musical slide of hand, makes it sound human
LAB
Advanced Drum Arrangements in Hookpad.
By doing this activity I learned how to add drums and change the style of the drums in Hookpad.
PRACTICE ROOM
I struggled with managing the strumming pattern and the drum playing in the background. But once I slowed down the BPM it got a bit more manageable.
A Side Note
- Funky Drummer– Clyde Stubblefield
- This drummer pattern is THE basis of hiphop!
- Resampled so, so, so many times!
- EXAMPLES
- RUN DMC – Run’s House
- Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
- Sinéad O’connor – I am Stretched on your Grave
- Emeli Sande – Heaven – Heaven
- George Michael – Freedom!
OUTSIDE / JOURNAL / IDEAS
Quizlet on Rhythm Terminology flashcards
I walk at about 96 BPM. The BPM of one of my favorite songs, Deeply by Bôa, is 176 BPM. And honestly, I don’t have a favorite BPM but it’d probably be maybe around 100 BPM.
I often notice that when listening to music or just even walking, sometimes I’ll start tapping along to the tempo. It may just be because I’m a choir kid and a former band kid but I find it really interesting that I do that.
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
Some problems I ran into were with strumming and having the drum play at the same time but to fix that I slowed down the BPM because I’m still very new to the guitar and trying to get used to it. I also learned how to calculate BPM, I always knew how to keep the tempo and count the beats and such but never how to calculate BPM.