Summary
We were tasked to make some drum beats, so I mashed up a bunch of drums and this is what I got.
I went to this website called onlinesqeuencer.net and I selected the drum kit and just started messing around. I started hearing some rhythm, so I started actually arranging the drums to make them sound nice.
Rhythm Terms
Rhythm
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound.
Beat
The beat or PULSE in a piece of music is the regular rhythmic pattern. Like the beating of your heart; heartbeat.
Tempo
The SPEED at which a piece of music is to be played.
Accent
The STRESS given to a musical note.
Duration
The period of TIME during which a musical note is HELD OUT.
Meter
A specific rhythm determined by the NUMBER of beats AND the TIME VALUE assigned to each note.
Syncopation
The musical rhythms in a piece of music that accents a normally WEAK BEAT (off-beat/up-beat).
Cross Rhythm
A rhythm used simultaneously with another rhythm or rhythms. The use of two or more rhythms simultaneously.
Duple
When the meter of a piece of music consists of TWO BEATS per measure/bar.
Triple
When the meter of a piece of music consists of THREE BEATS per measure/bar.
Quadruple
When the meter of a piece of music consists of FOUR BEATS per measure/bar.
Accelerando
A gradual increase of tempo in a section of music.
Ritardando
A gradual decrease of tempo in a section of music.
Rubato
A flexible tempo in a section of music.
What I Learned
I learned that drums are actually really interesting, and when you layer a drum with other drums it is actually AMAZING. And the website I use was really simple and easy to use. onlinesqeuencer.net