Four-on-the-floor
Meet the kick on every beat, build it, pick it out by ear and keep it as a card.
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Meet it
DoneA kick on every beat. You hear it in house, disco and techno; Daft Punk’s “One More Time” is built on it. Hear it on its own first, then in a track.
KickPlay, then hear both.
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Build it
DonePut a kick on every beat: the four strong boxes.
Kickyour 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 four-on-the-floor?
B is the four-on-the-floor: a kick on every beat. A is the backbeat: kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. C is the half-time: a snare on beat 3 only, so it feels twice as slow.
A: Backbeat KickSnareHatsB: Four-on-the-floor ✓ KickHatsC: Half-time 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 Four-on-the-floorA kick on every beat
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Next: 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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