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newbieproduce
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new to this need help thanks
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newbieproduce
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no i mean like on youtube people say 4 bars when theyre making a beat
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bars are a length of time in music. 16 bars is the usual for a rap verse (ie. spit a 16) 8 bars is usually the length for a chorus. i dont know what your asking. its like me asking you what 20 seconds mean
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newbieproduce
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When you say spit a 16, how do you count bars??
The link krushing gave pretty well answers the question. The way I've always understood it was that a bar = a measure. If you are building a beat in 4/4 then there will be four quarter notes to each measure (or 2 half notes, 8 eighth notes, 16 sixteenths)...when penning lyrics to a song, the lines should fit squarely within the bars when rapped (or sung). I think, and i might be wrong, that a rap "bar" occurs every two measures...usually 2 lines that rhyme...each of the lines should be rapped in the same amount of time, fitting squarely within the measures.
In "The Warning" by Em he says:
"As long as the songs' getting airplay I'm dissing you.
I'm a hair away from getting carried away and getting sued.
I was gonna stop at 16
That was 32
This is 34 bars. We ain't even a third of the way through."
In the above example, "As long as the songs' getting airplay I'm dissing you. I'm a hair away from getting carried away and getting sued" was the 32nd bar. "I was gonna stop at 16. That was 32" was the 33rd bar. And the last part is 34.
If you still don't get it, listen to that song on youtube. Listen to the way em raps some lines faster, some slower, adds pauses between words...all to get it to fit right within the measure. 2 lines, 2 measures, 1 bar. 16 bars is essentially 32 lines. That's it in a simplified sort of way...and I could be wrong, but I think that's about right.
In "The Warning" by Em he says:
"As long as the songs' getting airplay I'm dissing you.
I'm a hair away from getting carried away and getting sued.
I was gonna stop at 16
That was 32
This is 34 bars. We ain't even a third of the way through."
In the above example, "As long as the songs' getting airplay I'm dissing you. I'm a hair away from getting carried away and getting sued" was the 32nd bar. "I was gonna stop at 16. That was 32" was the 33rd bar. And the last part is 34.
If you still don't get it, listen to that song on youtube. Listen to the way em raps some lines faster, some slower, adds pauses between words...all to get it to fit right within the measure. 2 lines, 2 measures, 1 bar. 16 bars is essentially 32 lines. That's it in a simplified sort of way...and I could be wrong, but I think that's about right.
3ternal
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Long story short:
First off you need to be able to count to the tempo of a beat.
Generally that will be either 4/4 or occasional 3/4.
All you do is count 1-2-3-4- and that's 1 bar.
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3/4 means instead of counting to 4, you count to 3 and that's 1 bar.
First off you need to be able to count to the tempo of a beat.
Generally that will be either 4/4 or occasional 3/4.
All you do is count 1-2-3-4- and that's 1 bar.
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3/4 means instead of counting to 4, you count to 3 and that's 1 bar.
saturatedskillz
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Here is a video that may help u out some:
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newbieproduce
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thanks to everyone that helped i think i have better concept now