Play With Your Rhythm: Building a Beat

[@MrDjslav5]

These videos are gold for anyone learning to program beats. Ethan is the Man! Thanks for the lessons. They are extremely well developed, easy to understand, and practical. You'll be programming classic beats in an hour of free video.

[@Afiplaysmusic]

Agreed.

[@apu_apustaja]

*This is a wonderfully clear explanation of something fundamentally important. Thank you.*

[@matthewchunk3689]

Great job, Ethan. As a guitarist, your explanation of beats is just the foundational knowledge I needed.

[@funkybunky64]

you're such a good educator! love your chilled vibe. also good speed, not too slow, not too fast. some other, more "professional" youtube channels are way too fast, do not make any breaks between sentences, hastily. this on the other hand feels natural to me. thanks a lot!

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You're a wonderful teacher, thank you for these videos!

[@6sause]

Amazing teaching style. Finally beginning to understand

[@bartholomewlyons]

Thank you, my dear friend. God bless you for your efforts! 😘

[@chrisburns984]

Awesome series! For someone like myself who has zero musical training, your ability to articulate these concepts with practical examples (& without overcomplicating with theory) is invaluable.

[@RodneyWheelerFilms]

thanks this helped me feel more confident on drum grids

[@DiamondAqua027]

Thank you so much! Your explanations were so clear! I felt like I finally found a wonderful professor! Thank you!

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Bob Ross style.

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[@EMR80]

I learned some of this in beginning band class. Glad you explained it well I remember some of it now.

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Amazingly taught......love from India

[@RIVA5150]

Explained in a way that's very easy to understand, thanks!!

[@jahgold5217]

love ur videos man :) ur a legendary TEACHER for real :) funny engaging etc :")

[@KeyosBeats]

Finally good rhytm video dedicated to drum machines!

[@ricochetarnold]

Needed this thank you

[@StanAllDay]

Thanks man. Big ups!

[@LondraCalibro9]

great lesson and great teacher -subscribed!

[@kallissaa]

Great series :)

[@squisho]

Awesome videos! Thank you so much for sharing these online, your use of visual aids is so helpful. I never thought of rhythm as a spiral before but seeing that one picture makes so much sense. You have a great way of teaching sound visually.

[@TheColourAwesomer]

Great stuff!!

[@moisesmatiguan4938]

Que buen material. Muchas gracias teacher

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Your a good teacher!

[@GregLopesArt]

You deserve more subscribers, man. Thanks for these videos.

[@ryansmith2212]

these videos are really helping me, thanks

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Pretty cool, specially The Funky Drummer, thanks

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This guy has great ways of explaining

[@manuvre7999]

Love these videos. Thank you man.

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Great informative videos, love your content!

[@woolymammothproductions5162]

make more videos like this for beat makers producer bro love yoru videos

[@reazallykhan]

Thank you

[@x0mrn]

I din't get your name.... but God bless you for this videos! thank you so much!

[@njm20music]

Have you done a midi pattern on the Purdie Shuffle, as used with Steely Dan

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This particular sentence was written 4 years ago

[@macklee1811]

Dopeness bro!

[@cqbs]

Great ! Thank you !

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Very cool ! Subbed

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Reaper's piano roll!!

[@jahgold5217]

BRO I LOVE UR VIDEOS MAN UR way of talking and teaching is fucking top class! made me understand shit i couldn't reealy grasp b4 :) any way thanks for ur videos keep on doing what ur doing , love from south west austraya mate :)

[@debaser1042]

Everything I’ve found online refers to the back beats as 2&4. Explicitly stating it is not 1 or 3.

[@BluesGuitarMadeEasy]

Basically you are correct, but you seem to have missed how he is counting: As he explains in the video he is counting in half-time to make the 16th notes easier to count. So his first '3' is the '2' in traditional counting and the next '3' is the '4' in traditional counting. I hope this helps you. Let meknowif you have more questions. 🙂 Andi

[@debaser1042]

@@BluesGuitarMadeEasy ohh you're right. Thank you!

[@BluesGuitarMadeEasy]

@@debaser1042 My pleasure! :-)

[@marc.lepage]

Yeah I was confused in the second video till I watched this first video and he explained the half time counting. Without that fact it is confusing. Kinda wish he stayed with the 1e+a 16 note counting.

[@Tryall200]

thank you.

[@josephswope685]

the guy could use a public speaking class, but he is easy to listen to and good at explaining. great videos

[@vj7248]

3:03 HE SPITTIN'

[@angledcoathanger]

Getting some massive Agent Kington energy from this guy.

[@LillianFrances]

thank you SO much for this!! i feel so lost with drum production and now i'm like oh shit i can learn this ☺️ Question: on the drum patterns google sheet - what's the difference between amen brother pt 1 and 2?

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[@elijahjflowers]

7:39 why it's called a downbeat

[@BluesGuitarMadeEasy]

Hi Elijah, basically you are correct, but you seem to have missed how he is counting: As he explains in the video he is counting in half-time to make the 16th notes easier to count. So his first '3' is the '2' in traditional counting and the next '3' is the '4' in traditional counting. I hope this helps you. Let me know if you have more questions. 🙂 Andi BluesGuitarMadeEasy.com

[@PauladaleMcLean]

Time unit box system! I am really into 3/4 time, Waltzes and polkas and am a big fan of Beirut, DeVotchka and if it has 3/4 time I usually gravitate toward it. How does that fit into the time unit box system?

[@vecvan]

simply paint the bold painted divider after three boxes as it marks the down beat, or ignore the divider or ... think outside the box, put the check marks wherever ;)

[@vecvan]

the stroke on the 1 would be like clapping on the 1 though lol

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[@Serge_VB]

Hi Ethan! Where i can take full course of "Play with your Rhythm"? Thank you.

[@vw5233]

7:44 he just broke the matrix

[@dannyhood7428]

He almost got leveebreakage although Bpms? As I waited and paid attention bpms never mentioned

[@brick793]

Thanks for the subscribe...but to be straight man...I do not understand a thing about music other than how it moves me, Brick

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[@MechanicalMooCow]

I always found it easier to do: "one and the a two and then a..."

[@marc.lepage]

The problem with that, is the "and" when counting 16 does not match the "and" when counting 8.

[@jinglecat3678]

Aren’t you supposed to clap on the 2 and 4

[@squattinskugly]

The difference in color temperature between the camera positions is killing me. Always adjust your white balance folks.

[@obliviousdude9437]

Ethan is a great teacher and these videos are wonderful, but did he just suggest clapping on the 3 for blues and rock? Just no, dude. Also, he calls beat 3 the backbeat, but I've always heard beats 2 and 4 labeled as the backbeats (and where you clap).

[@Afiplaysmusic]

@ravensmitten5107 & @obliviousdude9437 Yeah, I see his explanation. But I think it's too academic and confusing. I've played gospel in Black churches for 50+ years. We do not clap on the down beat. We clap on the upbeats, (ee and uh if we're talking about 16th notes.)

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

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[@benzonex]

Clavé??? .... You must be joking: it's "clàve"...

[@bradys_harp]

Thank you.