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Summary: When playing a hip hop drum beat, accents can highlight the construction of the beat. Learn how to accent hip hop beats on the bass and snare drums with the tips in this free video on hip hop drumming from a professional drummer.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"Now we have this bass, snare rhythm here and we have bass, bass, snare, snare, bass, snare. The best way to look at it is really cut off this extra accent first and just play bass, bass, snare, bass, snare, bass, bass, snare, bass, snare, so one and two, three and four, one and two, three and four. This beat is accented right before it so it's on the AND of three, again, so we got one and two, AND three four, one and two, AND three, four, one and two, AND three, four, one and two and three and four, one and two and three and four. Again, so you can really practice it and get that rhythm down (playing drums). So, one bass, bass, snare, snare, bass, snare. Bass, bass, snare, snare, bass, snare. Bass, bass, snare, snare, bass, snare. Really practice and get that rhythm down and we're going to add it in with the high hat in the next segment but you've got to get just those isolated first (playing drums). So go through and get that rhythm in perfect time."
eHow Article: Hip Hop Beats for Drums: Accenting Beats With Bass Drum & Snare Drum
Comments
soiledwig said
on 9/23/2009 Mr. Larson, do you even realize how many times you deviated from the written rhythm during the course of 30 seconds? It's sloppy, and confusing to students.
clarkydrums said
on 4/25/2009 This is the third video of yours I've just watched, abd yup, you're still a joke.