Eighth-note hats
Build a steady hat, twice per beat, and tell it from its neighbours by ear.
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Meet it
DoneA steady hat, twice per beat. You hear it in rock and pop; AC/DC’s “Back in Black” is built on it. Hear it on its own first, then in a track.
HatsPlay, then hear both.
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Build it
DoneA hat on every beat and every “&”: eight a bar, one box apart.
Kickalready thereSnarealready thereHatsyour turn0 of 8 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 eighth-note hats?
B is the eighth-note hats: a steady hat, twice per beat. A is the off-beat hats: a hi-hat between every kick. C is the sixteenth-note hats: a hat four times per beat, busy and driving.
A: Off-beat hats Open hatKickSnareB: Eighth-note hats ✓ HatsKickSnareC: Sixteenth-note hats HatsKickSnare
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 Eighth-note hatsA steady hat, twice per beat
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Next: Sixteenth-note hats
Build a hat four times per beat: busy and driving, and easy to mistake for eighths.
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