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Unit 2: Groove · Lesson 7 of 11

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Pick out reggaeton’s 3-3-2 snare, then fix one that has gone astray. About 3 minutes, in your browser.

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Dembow

Pick out reggaeton’s 3-3-2 snare, then fix one that has gone astray.

  1. Which is reggaeton?

    Done

    Two beats at 95 BPM. One is the beat under reggaeton. Play both, then choose.

    Play each, then choose.

    1. Which one is reggaeton?

  2. Fix the snare

    Done

    One snare has slipped a box late, and the skip has gone. The second half of the bar is right; make the first half match it.

    2 boxes to fix.

    95bpm
    1 bar on repeat
    Kickalready there
    Snareyour turn
    Hatsalready there

  3. Heard in

    Done

    Three songs built on the dembow, as our recreations of their beats. Play each one and listen for the boom-ch-boom-chick.

    0 of 3 heard.

    • GasolinaDaddy Yankee · 2004
    • DespacitoLuis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee · 2017
    • Mi GenteJ Balvin & Willy William · 2017

    Our own recreations of each beat, not the recordings.

  4. Lesson done

    3 steps, all done, and saved to your account.

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