Hip Hop Drum Grooves

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    Recording Drum Tracks

    S T U D E N T A S S I G N M E N T S H E E T

    43Drum Beats

    Te ollowing is a diagram o where o locae specific sounds on he MIDI keyboard or each

    drum bea.

    Assignment:

    Record he drum beas below ino he sofware, one rack a a ime. I possible, record all our

    measures o each rack wihou sopping. Do no copy and pase or loop. I you have o sop,

    jus sar he recording where you lef off.

    Procedure:

    1. Open a new file by choosing File > New.

    2. Save he file as Drum Beas _ _ (your wo iniials).

    Do the following procedure in the same file for each of the drum beats given

    below.

    3. Add hree sofware insrumen racks and choose drum sounds appropriae or he syle

    you will be re-creaing (echno, rock, hip-hop, ec.).

    4. Se he meronome o wha is comorable o record as close o he click as possible beween

    8095.

    5. Record each par on a separae drum rack.

    6. Record as close o he meronome click as possible.

    7. Record our measures a a ime wihou sopping.8. Do no copy and pase or loop measures.

    9. Quanize each rack beore recording he nex rack. I you play quarer noes, quanize o

    he 1/4 noe. I you play eighh noes, quanize o he 1/8 noe. I you play sixeenh noes,

    quanize o he 1/16 noe.

    Basic Techno Beat:

    Tis is a very basic drum bea uilizing quarers and eighhs. Te variaion in he hi-ha, using

    an open sound or splash (B ) on he upbeas, adds a nice color o he groove. Record each

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    Teaching Music Through Composition

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    par a 8095 o be as close o he meronome click as possible, bu play back he drum se

    patern/syle a a echno empo o 126144.

    I your original drums sounded like echno (elecronic) drums, change he drum se o a rock

    ki and slow he playback empo o 116. Now you have a disco bea rom he 1970s!

    Basic Rock Beat:

    Choose hree accousic drum kis like a rock ki. Record a 8090 bu play back he bea a

    104116.

    Rock Beat Variation:

    I you leave ou he cymbal patern, his is he basic bea o he Queen song We Will Rock

    You. You may wan o se he meronome o 7080 o record he cymbals. Playback empo

    is 7292.

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    Basic Hip-Hop:

    Choose hip-hop, 808 or 809 drums, i you have hem. Record he cymbal par firs. When you

    record he bass drum, aim or he eighhs in he cymbal. Playback empo is 8898.

    Slow Hip-Hop:

    Tis is he same as he Rock Bea variaion, excep he firs bea inroduces sixeenh noes in

    he bass drum. Record he cymbal par firs a a empo o 7080. When you record he bass

    drum, lisen o he sixeenh noes in he hi-ha. Te firs wo measures o he bass drum parare writen wih sixeenh noes and ress, so you can see each o he our sixeenh noes o he

    bea. Te second wo measures show he radiional way o noae his figure. Playback empo

    is 7692.

    Advanced Hip-Hop:

    Tis is prety sophisicaed suff. Se he meronome o 7080 o record he cymbal par firs.

    Playback empo is 8898.