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Unit 3: Low end · Lesson 10 of 10

Ear check is in the full course

Four rounds on music you haven’t heard: the bass cards, up or down, on the kick or in the gaps. About 4 minutes, in your browser.

All 10 parts of Unit 3, 6 cards and a project: add a bass line to your beat and make it heavier without adding drums.
Every unit after it, as it opens
Your Unit 1 cards, beats and progress carry over

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Unit 3 · Lesson 10 · Listening

Ear check

Four rounds on music you haven’t heard: the bass cards, up or down, on the kick or in the gaps.

Tag what you hear
Done

Three clips you haven’t heard. Play each one, tag the bass card you hear in it, then check. Each clip has one.

Clip 1 of 3.
1. 124 BPM
2. 138 BPM
3. 150 BPM
Up or down?
Done

Two notes each time. Up, or down?

Round 1 of 2.
1. Up or down?
2. And this one?
On the kick, or in the gaps?
Done

Does the bass land with the kick, or between the kicks?

Round 1 of 2.
1. On the kick, or in the gaps?
2. And this one?
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?
2. And now?
Unit 3 done
4 steps, all done, and saved to your account.

You can now hear high from low, give the bass its own room, follow the chords with it, and lock it to the kick.

Every pattern in Unit 3 is in your collection, ready for the beat maker.
A taste of Unit 4: Harmony. Chords set the mood, with no music theory: here a beat and bass like yours sit under chords that turn it from bright to wistful. Play it.
92bpm
4 bars

Kick
Snare
Hats
Bass
Chords
1. Bar 1Am9
2. Bar 2Fmaj9
3. Bar 3Cmaj9
4. Bar 4G9
Unit 4: Harmony is next. Mood without music theory.

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