Are you looking to make trance beats?
We are going to learn how to make trance beats the correct way!
Possibly the best way to begin writing dance music in a beat maker is to find the most popular tracks of today and break them down into their basic elements. Once this is done we can examine the similarities between each track and determine exactly what separates them from other music styles.
In the case of Trance it is said to have an up-tempo, uplifting feel that is what most clubbers like. The drums and bass usually are fairly unsophisticated and feature long snare rolls to signify the build up to the reprise or the breakdowns.
The usual tempo of trance is around 137-145 BPM, its important not to go over 150 BPM as it makes it almost impossible to dance to!
Almost all trance beats you make in a beat maker will have a four-to-the-floor pattern. This means the kick drum is placed on every beat bar, along with snares or claps laid on the second or forth beats. To advance this basic beat closed hi-hats are usually placed on every 16th division. Open hi-hats are also used on every 8th division, If you have a closed hi-hat that clashes with the open hi-hat it should be removed to prevent frequency clashes.
This is only a general guideline for the drum patterns used in trance and is open to your interpretation. Adding in a small roll of closed hi-hats at the end of every few bars for example will add some nice variation, also a double kick at the end of the forth bar could signify a change, like introducing a new instrument into the mix.
Although these techniques produce what is essentially an incredibly basic loop, this is exactly what most trance music relies on. Both the snare and kick in trance will often remain at a high velocity rather than following the strong-weak-medium-week that most other genres do. This is simply because the drums should pull very little attention away from the main melodic lead.
The closed hi-hats however, often employ different velocities throughout the bar to add some interest to the patterns. Of course this is just the conventional way of producing trance beats in a beat maker and should not always play apart in your beat creation. Make sure you experiment by placing accents at different divisions on the beat as this can change the piece quite severely so it is well worth experimenting.
We are going to learn how to make trance beats the correct way!
Possibly the best way to begin writing dance music in a beat maker is to find the most popular tracks of today and break them down into their basic elements. Once this is done we can examine the similarities between each track and determine exactly what separates them from other music styles.
In the case of Trance it is said to have an up-tempo, uplifting feel that is what most clubbers like. The drums and bass usually are fairly unsophisticated and feature long snare rolls to signify the build up to the reprise or the breakdowns.
The usual tempo of trance is around 137-145 BPM, its important not to go over 150 BPM as it makes it almost impossible to dance to!
Almost all trance beats you make in a beat maker will have a four-to-the-floor pattern. This means the kick drum is placed on every beat bar, along with snares or claps laid on the second or forth beats. To advance this basic beat closed hi-hats are usually placed on every 16th division. Open hi-hats are also used on every 8th division, If you have a closed hi-hat that clashes with the open hi-hat it should be removed to prevent frequency clashes.
This is only a general guideline for the drum patterns used in trance and is open to your interpretation. Adding in a small roll of closed hi-hats at the end of every few bars for example will add some nice variation, also a double kick at the end of the forth bar could signify a change, like introducing a new instrument into the mix.
Although these techniques produce what is essentially an incredibly basic loop, this is exactly what most trance music relies on. Both the snare and kick in trance will often remain at a high velocity rather than following the strong-weak-medium-week that most other genres do. This is simply because the drums should pull very little attention away from the main melodic lead.
The closed hi-hats however, often employ different velocities throughout the bar to add some interest to the patterns. Of course this is just the conventional way of producing trance beats in a beat maker and should not always play apart in your beat creation. Make sure you experiment by placing accents at different divisions on the beat as this can change the piece quite severely so it is well worth experimenting.
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