Half Time And Double Time Explained 

Half time is when you slow it down by doubling the value of each note. If the notes were quarter notes, then, they become half notes. Usually, this technique is used as a 3-4-measure tag at the end of the song or a dance. The dancers slow down their movements, too. Whereas, double time is when you speed up or shorten the value of notes. The confusion comes because we almost always think that if we half something, it is halved (or slimmed down) BUT not in music. If we "double-time" something we reduce the value of notes, not increase it. Keep in mind that half time adds value because it is slowing down the meter.

Thanks for explaining. I started getting interested in this stuff because one of my favourite songs, Chop Suey has a verse that’s normal and has a chorus that switches to half time and I always liked the effect

Great clear and straightforward explanation. Thanks.

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Took me many videos to finally find one that helps! Thanks

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Cheers man, very well explained.

Just so I understand... Half time is dividing the measure in half, so if in normal time it's laid out like this: Kicks land on 1 and 3, Snare on 2 and 4. Half time would make the kicks land on 1, snares on 3?

appreciate the instructions, very informative!

Excellent demonstration thanks!!!

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great explanation very simple and correct

Thanks!

double time in hip hop is putting the snare on the 3 and 7 counts at around 140 bpm

Thanks it was helpful

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Thanks for having an easy way to show people dubstep has a higher bpm than house music lol

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Thank you!!

Sorry ik im late😅,but theorically halftime dnb is identical to dubstep. So what the difference between these two?

Halftime… when you go into 2/2 timing and make the song delicious to the ears 🔥🔥🔥

So, the original regular tempo is a sample is in full time?

So for example : 70->140 double time 140->70 halftime

I understand the concept but how did you actually accomplish putting certain sections in halftime, etc... How's it done in the software?

So a song we are trying to do a remix on is at 150BPM on SoundCloud, when we got the MP3 file and imported into our DAW it’s now 75BPM. It sounds the same?!? What’s going on, can you advise? Thank you sir.

So if a song is 169 bpm double time what is regular time

Why do country players call it half time when kik is on all 4 and snare comes on 4?

people confused by Rollout by ludacris need to see this video xD

Statistical density :)

Take 1 bar of 4/4. Kick on 1 and snare on 3 is half time. Kicks on 1 and 3 with snare on 2 and 4 is time, kicks on 1, 2, 3, 4 with snare on off-beats is double-time

Still no reason for half-time or double time. The time-signature already explains it.