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09 May 13 - 11:08 AM (#3513396) Subject: now I understand what backbeat means From: GUEST,leeneia I've heard the term 'backbeat,' I've heard defitions, but I never understood what people were talking about. However, another thread on this page inspired me to look for backbeat on YouTube. Here's what I found: see it, hear it The teacher doesn't say so, but we should notice that the big drum, which is played with the foot, is softer than the snare drum. So when he plays One two three four, he's also playing soft LOUD soft LOUD Convention says that music in 4/4 should go REAL-LOUD soft Pretty-Loud soft but playing on the backbeat changes that. Whew! I'm glad I won't go to my grave never having understood the backbeat. |
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09 May 13 - 12:01 PM (#3513421) Subject: RE: now I understand what backbeat means From: Acorn4 Isn't that Reggae? |
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09 May 13 - 12:25 PM (#3513434) Subject: RE: now I understand what backbeat means From: GUEST,leeneia Could be. It's also swing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHANNkKBSNU |
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09 May 13 - 03:48 PM (#3513507) Subject: RE: now I understand what backbeat means From: GUEST,crazy little woman Thanks for the info. It's confusing, because they talk about 'THE backbeat' like there's only one. In fact there are two backbeats in every 4/4 measure. I enjoyed that swing dancing. |
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09 May 13 - 09:20 PM (#3513606) Subject: RE: now I understand what backbeat means From: gnu I so wish I could still play the Hran and make an instructional vid for the particular case I spoke to earlier today on Facebook. As for the link re backbeat, yeah, okay, but it really doesn't demonstrate to a novice what it actually is because the opposite is not demonstrated for context. Perhaps I am being musically pedantic but I calls da girls I goes wit on less n dat buddy. >;-) |
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09 May 13 - 10:50 PM (#3513622) Subject: RE: now I understand what backbeat means From: GUEST,leeneia those are lessons, gnu, and I'm sure the conventional beat was demonstrated in an earlier lesson. I too hope that someday you can resume playing, gnu. |