Gina, you are a wonderful example of someone who can teach a subject less than five minutes. In today's day in age where some people are working faster with low attention spans, which can be a either a good thing or a bad thing depending on your perspective, you do a great job of teaching expeditiously.
Snare on the AND then kick and crash on AH of the 16th note. Is how I apply the upbeat to a Grove. It does what it implies it lifts the phrase up so it doesn't have a downbeat. The downbeat is great for resolution and finality but if you wanna keep high energy then adding some upbeats throughout or at the end of the phrase will add a uplifting effect.
Thanks -- I was practicing my drumming to an old but GREAT Doobie Brothers song - "What a fool believes" - ( I love thee vocals there.) So I noticed towards the end of the song when the chorus is emphasizing (believes) by singing with a higher voice, hitting the crash symbol on the upbeat sounds really cool. It really complements the chorus. The only way I figured this out is because with my left foot (hi-hat) my heel was up in the air when I hit the crash symbol. - Check out the song on RU-vid. This was done in early to mid 70's - My point: using upbeats can really add cool effects to your drumming.
this is a good explanation for people who don't know what a down beat and upbeat are this is probably the best explanation i ever seen explained good job. I subscribed to your channel because i like how you explain things..
wow thank you so much, im getting into djing just because im interested in it and want to have fun with it so im watching all these tutorials to learn basics and when i heard the word downbeat i was like nope dont know what that is so i went searching and you just helped me so much lol thank you!!!
I’ve been working on this sabbathy riff with a friend and I was so off beat when I practiced it with my friend so I was trying to understand the difference between up and down beats lol... I was told by another drummer playing on the down beat gives a heavier sound On a side note I just started hair school and I can’t keep from wondering how awesome you’d look with an undercut
There's a story about Paul Ferrara when he auditioned for Louis Prima's band, and Ferrara began drumming only to be interrupted by Prima who said, "Wait, I haven't given you the downbeat yet." I always wondered what he meant by that. But it's still unclear why a downbeat is even needed, so perhaps you could explain that? That is, why couldn't Ferrara have just started drumming? I mean, I remember, as a kid, hearing someone say, at the beginning of a score, "a-one, and a-two, and a-three, and a-four", and then the song would begin. But why was it necessary in the case of Ferrara? Anyway... Thanks.
Nice breakdown! I think like I understand this a lot better than it's been explained in the past. If I'm getting this right: For a disco beat (4 on the floor), the kicks are all _downbeats_ , the hit hat accents are _upbeats_ , and the snare might hit on the 2 and 4 downbeats.
I'm still confused... you said "as defined" upbeat is the 4th beat, then you said for drums it's the "&" beat, like 1 & 2 & 3 & 4. So, does upbeat have different meaning for drum? Please, explain. Thanks.
Marcia Cox She’s saying that there are two separate definitions. The traditional definition - (related to the conductors hand movements) So the downbeat for this is the strongest beat in a measure so in a 4/4 time, that would be 1. And the upbeat is the last beat of the measure (when the conductors hands go up) which would be 4 in 4/4 time. The second definition (an alternate definition that drummers often use) The downbeats are the beats in the measure. So in 4/4, it would be 1,2,3,4. The upbeats are the subdivisions of this beat (usually just the and’s/+’s). So in 4/4 there would be 4 +’s/upbeats after each down beat. Just in case you might not know, rhythm is usually subdivided into 4s and you count them as 1e+a, 2e+a,... and so forth. Hope this helps!
so when you demo at the end, the second bit you are hitting the high hat on the AND, yes? btw, what a Voice-over voice or DJ voice you have! and the lower stick you are hiting on 2 and 4?
Is the the clapping pattern in Vance Joy's "Mess is Mine" on the up beat? It sounds like something different is happening...but I can't figure out what it is.
thanks alot Gina!! may I know what is offbeat? because sometimes people call that upbeat hihat is "offbeat hihat", and now I have confusing about off beat? and if on 16th note, some of the bass pattern is on "e" and "a", can we call that offbeat bass??
Good question -- no, actually the backbeat usually refers to beats 2 and 4. This video might help...I refer to it here -----> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lMVVIcuTzNg.html
Gina Knight Hi Gina, thanks for getting back to me so quickly I am not a drummer (obviously, but need to know some concepts for programming), however, but have always had a bit of a hazy idea about naming the beats. You have helped to clear this up for me. Happy Easter ! ( like your Robert Plant :))
Hi Gina, thanks for the explanation. I am from ARgentina and this is useful to me to understand when I read about music in english. I have a little constructive critic thoug, that microphone is taking your saliva's sound from your mouth... hehee.... Regards from Argentina!!
