Backbeat
Meet the kick on 1 and 3 with a snare on 2 and 4, build it, pick it out and keep it.
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Meet it
DoneKick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. You hear it in rock, pop, hip hop and R&B; Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” is built on it. Hear it on its own first, then in a track.
KickSnarePlay, then hear both.
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Build it
DoneTwo rows this time: kicks on beats 1 and 3, snares on 2 and 4.
Kickyour turnSnareyour turnHatsalready there0 of 4 in place.
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Pick it out
DoneThree takes you haven’t heard, at a new tempo. One of them has the pattern. Play each, then choose.
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Which one has the backbeat?
C is the backbeat: kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. A is the four-on-the-floor: a kick on every beat. B is the half-time: a snare on beat 3 only, so it feels twice as slow.
A: Four-on-the-floor KickHatsB: Half-time KickSnareHatsC: Backbeat ✓ KickSnareHats
Play each, then choose.
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Into your crate
DoneBuilt and heard. The card goes into your crate, and your project at the end of the unit can use it. It earns its first hole punched now, for building it; hearing it in new tracks and using it in your own earn the other two.
rhythm BackbeatKick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4
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Next: Off-beat hats
Put a hi-hat between every kick, then pick it out of a track.
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