Snare placement

[RunRunFar]

On beats that are 120bpm where do you place the snares? My beats sound crazy slow in reason, i'm thinking it's because of the snare placement.


if anyone can check out rittz - my interview (on youtube) the tempo is 135, but when I try to recreate it my drums are really slow sounding... any help?

 

[bandcoach]

snares are usually on beat 2 and 4

you can drop additional hits on the 16ths between 2 and 4 and maybe even the & of 4. What ever you do make sure there is space between the snare hits or at least some space between them all

some examples

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-02.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-03.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-04.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-05.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-06.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-07.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-08.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-09.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-10.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-11.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-12.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-13.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-14.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-15.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-16.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-17.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-18.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-19.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-20.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-21.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-22.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-23.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-24.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-25.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-26.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-27.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-28.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-29.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-30.mp3[/mp3]

note that not all examples have been worked as methodically as the first few

audio available soon

 

[RunRunFar]

yea but the tempo of his song is at 135, doesn't sound like the snares are on the 2 & 4. doesn't sound like there's additional hits anywhere else either.

see

 

[krushing]

I don't know where you got the 135, but the drums in that are essentially running at half the tempo (if it indeed is 135).

 

[bandcoach]

So I make tempo 137 bpm +/-1
as for the snares they are hitting in half time as krushing has already said

i.e. hitting on beat 3 in each bar with some decoration

taking my table above and reworking for half-time time

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-31.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-32.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-33.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-34.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-35.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-36.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-37.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-38.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-39.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-40.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-41.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-42.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-43.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-44.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-45.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-46.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-47.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-48.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-49.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-50.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-51.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-52.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-53.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-54.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-55.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-56.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-57.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-58.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-59.mp3[/mp3]

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[mp3]http://www.bandcoach.org/fp/audio/snareExamples-60.mp3[/mp3]

i.e. nothing much changes except that the tempo is halved