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Drum Samples Analyzing Snares

Submitted by Motown Terri from blog

Nov 08, 2009

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Author : John Gellei

Snares are just about an essential part of most popular songs; everything you hear on the radio and nearly all songs on all CDs in the rhythm and blues and hip hop, rap and dance genres Snare use is determined based on the type of music and the groove of the song

In urban styles of music ranging from the RnB genre to gangster rap and soul, snare drum samples use is quite varied, but a lot of songs display it on beats 2 and 4 in the music bar placement The kick usually sits on the first beat or third and this is because it has more of a downbeat impact, while the snare subtly modifies the groove

The amount of different snare types is staggering, but two of the types seem to be head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to popularity and identification I'm talking about the live and real snares played by people in a recording setting, which are then sampled for use as drum samples in other applications The second type is the raspy type of snares generated by electronic synthesizers and drum machines They're not always so unrealisti ...Read the full article

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