A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple drum strokes occurring over multiple musical beats while the term "drum beat"[1] may also refer to a single drum stroke which may occupy more or less time than the current pulse. Many drum beats define or are characteristic of specific music genres.
Many basic drum beats establish the pulse through alternating bass (on the on-beats) and snare drums (on the off-beats) strokes while establishing the subdivision on the ride cymbal (thus its name) or hi-hat:
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\score {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}
\with { \numericTimeSignature }
{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<
\tempo 4 = 80-160
\bar ".|:"
{
cymra8 [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra]
}\\{bd4 sne bd sne}
>>\break
}
}
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}
\score {
\unfoldRepeats {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<
\tempo 4 = 80-160
\bar ".|:"
{
cymra8 [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra]
}\\{bd4 sne bd sne}
>>\break
}
}
}
\midi { \tempo 4 = 90 }
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/q/7/q7zgk58fk50qw5gy319yyae70kywto9/q7zgk58f.png)
This establishes a quarter note pulse in (quad)duple time: each measure is formed from (two groups of) two quarter note pulses, each pulse divided into two eighth notes.
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\header { tagline = ##f}
\score {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}
\with { \numericTimeSignature }
{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<
{
\time 3/4
cymra8 [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra]
}\\{bd4 sne sne}
>>\break
}
}
\layout {}
}
\score {
\unfoldRepeats {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<
{
\time 3/4
cymra8 [cymra] cymra [cymra] cymra [cymra]
}\\{bd4 sne sne}
>>\break
}
}
}
\midi { \tempo 4 = 100 }
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/r/q/rquizp1h3epenruxgf4484z9cbaak2t/rquizp1h.png)
This establishes a quarter note pulse in triple time: each measure is formed from three quarter note pulses, each divided into two eighth notes.
This establishes a dotted-quarter note pulse in duple time: each measure is formed from two dotted-quarter note pulses, each pulse divided into three eighth notes.
Compound triple meter is equivalent to simple duple meter with triplets on every beat.
This establishes a dotted-quarter note pulse in triple time: each measure is formed from three dotted-quarter note pulses, each pulse divided into three eighth notes.
A "fill" is played in between the regular strokes of a pattern and/or signals the end of a phrase:
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\header { tagline = ##f}
\score {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}
\with { \numericTimeSignature }
{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<{cymra8 cymra cymra cymra cymra [cymra cymra]}\\{bd4 sne bd sne8 sne16 sne16}>>
<<{cymra8 cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra}\\{bd4 sne4 bd8 bd8 sne4}>>\break
}
}
\layout {
\context{
\Score
proportionalNotationDuration = #(ly:make-moment 1/8)
}
}
}
\score {
\unfoldRepeats {
\drums \with {midiInstrument = "drums"}{
\repeat volta 2 {
<<{cymra8 cymra cymra cymra cymra [cymra cymra]}\\{bd4 sne bd sne8 sne16 sne16}>>
<<{cymra8 cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra cymra}\\{bd4 sne4 bd8 bd8 sne4}>>\break
}
}
}
\midi { \tempo 4 = 102 }
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/5/h/5hh7huvo7yvdp3es9o7ihmndwlpztev/5hh7huvo.png)
Since a phrase is multiple measures long, a fill signaling the end of one would come at the end of the last in a series of repeated measures.
In double and half-time patterns the pulse and ride are either doubled or halved, respectively, occurring twice or half as often:
A blast beat drum pattern features all drums on the eighth note subdivision or variants with one or more drum's pattern displaced by a sixteenth note:
This resembles a combination of double-time (bass-snare pattern) and original time (ride pattern).
Despite the difference in notation, there is no difference in interonset intervals and this pattern is nearly identical to the first simple duple pattern except for the second onbeat being divided into two eighth notes and the second backbeat being delayed an eighth note.
The heavy metal gallop, named for a horse's canter, is based on a bass drum pattern of one eighth followed by two sixteenths.
This resembles a combination of double-time (bass-snare pattern) and original time (ride pattern).
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See also
- Break (music)
- Drum cadence
- Ghost note
- Rhythm section
- Riddim
- Rosanna shuffle
- Purdie shuffle
- Bo Diddley beat
Sources
- ^ Principals of Basic Drum Beats
- ^ Berry, Mick and Gianni, Jason (2003). The Drummer's Bible, p.36. ISBN 1-884365-32-9.
- ^ Peckman, Jonathan (2007). Picture Yourself Drumming, p.59. ISBN 1-59863-330-9.
- ^ Mattingly, Rick (2006). All About Drums, p.104. Hal Leonard. ISBN 1-4234-0818-7.
This page was last edited on 24 February 2024, at 09:25