Writing For Drums: The 5 Beats In Music – Holistic Songwriting

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW_ioA6cZU

Summary

Summary

This text discusses the importance of emojis in music writing programs and tutorials, and explains the concepts of onbeats and offbeats. It also provides an example of a famous drum groove called „heavy standard“ and highlights the role of various instruments in creating grooves.

Highlights
– Music writing programs and tutorials with examples 📚
– Understanding symbols and non-drers 🔍
– Building groups using various instruments together 🎶
– Famous drum Groove: „heavy standard“ 🥁
– Onbeats (heavy counts) and offbeats (light counts) 🎼

Key Takeaways
– In a 4/4 time signature, onbeats are one, two, three, and four, with offbeats in between 🎶
– Most important onbeat is the downbeat, followed by the backbeat 🌐
– Fast-paced songs often have all offbeats as backbeats 🏃
– Ballads use fewer backbeats, usually only on beat three 🎵
– The only named offbeat is the upbeat, an unaccented beat before a new phrase begins 🎶