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Unit 2: Groove · Lesson 11 of 11

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Four rounds on music you haven’t heard: the cards, straight or swung, drummer or machine, and what changed. About 4 minutes, in your browser.

  • All 11 parts of Unit 2, 9 cards and a project: give one beat three feels: a walk, a strut and a rush.
  • Every unit after it, as it opens
  • Your Unit 1 cards, beats and progress carry over
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Unit 2 · Lesson 11 · Listening

Ear check

Four rounds on music you haven’t heard: the cards, straight or swung, drummer or machine, and what changed.

  1. Tag what you hear

    Done

    Two clips you haven’t heard. Play each one, tag every Unit 2 card you can hear in it, then check. Each clip has two.

    Clip 1 of 2.

    1. 144 BPM

  2. Straight or swung?

    Done

    One clip at a time. Is it straight, or swung?

    Round 1 of 3.

    1. Straight or swung?

  3. Drummer or machine?

    Done

    Is a drummer playing, or a machine with every hit the same?

    Round 1 of 2.

    1. Drummer or machine?

  4. What changed?

    Done

    Two takes each time, with one thing changed. Play A, play B, then say what moved.

    Round 1 of 2.

    1. What changed from A to B?

  5. Unit 2 done

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

    You can now make a beat swing, give it quiet hits, push a kick off the beat, and tell a drummer from a drum machine by ear.

    Every pattern in Unit 2 is in your collection, ready for the beat maker.

    A taste of Unit 3: Low end. A bass line under your beat, one that follows the chords and locks to the kick. Play it.

    90bpm
    4 bars
    Kick
    Snare
    Hats
    Bass
    Chords
    1. Bar 1Am7
    2. Bar 2Fmaj7
    3. Bar 3Cmaj7
    4. Bar 4G7

    Unit 3: Low end is next. The first notes with pitch.

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