Stage 1Form & Fills
A groove that says something: down-beats moved early, fills that announce the change, and eight-bar pieces with a beginning, a middle and an end.
The pushthe down-beat, early
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Every other bar's first kick arrives half a beat early, and the down-beat it left is empty.
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The crash lands with the pushed kick and rings across the bar line.
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Push into a whole empty bar, hold it, and come back with a fill.
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Fillstwo beats that announce the change
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Three bars of groove, then beats 3 and 4 go to the snare in 16ths, landing on a crash.
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The same fill with the kick taking the last 16th of each beat: R L R K, R L R K.
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A fill with holes in it: two dotted notes, then two 16ths slamming the door.
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Song formeight bars with a shape
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Eight bars, one shape: four of verse on the hat, four of chorus on the ride.
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Eight bars that add one layer every two: from bare kick and quarter hats to a fill that spends it all.
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Intro, verse, fill, chorus, push, ending — a whole song in eight bars.
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Checkpointa bar of each — switching between patterns is what makes them stick
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One bar each: the pushed top, the empty-one landing, the ride chorus, and the 16th fill.
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