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Artur Derlatka
Aug 26, 2020
Do you all also have trouble with the swing exercise in the BeatRace? And by trouble, I mean: having absolutely no idea what is going on?
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Luc van Hoek
Aug 27, 2020
try to play around with swing in your daw. set the swing to different percentages and try to hear the differences :) worked for me
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Milo Mastropiero
Aug 27, 2020
I can't even understand what swing is xD
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Meet Shah
Aug 27, 2020
I've tried that @Luc van Hoek, by feeling and hearing I understand what it is. But I have absolutely no idea how to quantify it or identify that amount.
I don't fundamentally get it, to me it's like another drum pattern, how do I call it a percentage of swing from something else T_T
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Tata Music
Aug 27, 2020
you can check here: https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/channelrack.htm
Basically the swing is a displacement in time of the even beats. It "humanizes" your song if you will, placing that beat a little off time.
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Tata Music
Aug 27, 2020
You should listen (in your head) the 4 beats on time and try to perceive if there if some displacement in time. You can do this hearing the hithat that usually hit the 4 times or so
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Milo Mastropiero
Aug 27, 2020
But the displacements are always just in the 2nd and 4th beats???
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Fritz Dean
Aug 27, 2020
I still suck at it, lol
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Tata Music
Aug 27, 2020
@Milo Mastropiero Yes sir. In fact, the explanation is a little deeper. It has to be with music theory.
The a) in the image are a quavers playing half beat, and in the c) you have the notation of what it is called a "Swing". This is also called a triplet.
b) Is just another type of rhythm that is very similar to c), but they are in fact different
In plain words in one beat you play 2 notes, and the first note have more duration that the second note.
This type of rhythm is very used in Jazz composition and could be use in production to add groove to you song, to sound "Jazzy". I hope I explained well
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Shen 某某
Aug 28, 2020
that not designed for house producers😂
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Shen 某某
Aug 28, 2020
to be honest ,i am still level 1
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Cuantas Vacas
Aug 28, 2020
@Shen Aurora I don't believe you 😏
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Shen 某某
Aug 28, 2020
that is TRUE!@cuantasvacas -
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Cuantas Vacas
Aug 28, 2020
!!!!!!
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Milo Mastropiero
Aug 28, 2020
@Tata Music Very good explanation my friend, I hope i can apply it to my compositions... don't know if I would can put a percentage number to a swing yet, but is clearer now. Thank you very much!