Beginner Production 5 hours 260 XP on completion

Rhythm & Beat Construction

Drums that move, grooves that hold.

Programming, feel and arrangement for drums. The skill everything else sits on top of.

Completing this course unlocks

Beatmaker

1. Foundations of groove

5 lessons

Where the feel comes from.

○ Pulse, subdivision and the backbeat Reading 11 min ○ Straight versus swung Reading 12 min ○ Syncopation Reading 12 min ○ Polyrhythm and cross-rhythm, lightly Reading 13 min ○ Rhythm check Quiz 8 min

2. Genre grooves

7 lessons

The patterns that define styles.

○ House, techno and four-on-the-floor Reading 12 min ○ Boom-bap and the lazy snare Reading 12 min ○ Trap: hats, rolls and 808s Reading 13 min ○ Afrobeats and amapiano patterns Reading 13 min ○ Drum and bass and breakbeat Reading 12 min ○ Rock and the human drummer Reading 11 min ○ Six grooves, one project Studio 35 min

3. Drums in an arrangement

5 lessons

Where the beat goes and where it stops.

○ What drums do in each section Reading 12 min ○ Transitions: risers, drops and silence Reading 11 min ○ Percussion layers beyond the kit Reading 12 min ○ Arrange a two-minute drum track Studio 30 min ○ Beat construction final Quiz 10 min

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