Fundamentally, beat refers to the underlying pulse of the music, and is often described as corresponding to the rate at which one might naturally tap her foot with the music. Just what is meant by the term ‘drum beat’?Įven in contemporary common usage, the term ‘drum beat’ can have various shades of meaning, which we’ll get to shortly- first we have to nail down just what exactly is meant by ‘beat’ itself. To begin, it is important to clarify what is meant by the terms ‘beat’ and ‘drum beat’, and the variety of ways the terms are used. In this post, I’m going to break down the principles of how the most basic drum beats in rock music are put together, and a bit of history behind them. In spite of the seemingly limitless variety one can find in rock drumming, there are also virtually ubiquitous commonalities.
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