Found 4 results tagged with 'timing precision'
Pupils complete a hip-hop style beat by adding snare on beats 2 and 4. There is a simple verbal explanation of what they have to do and a backing track to play along to. There is an on-screen beat counter to help them keep their place, which can be switched off as skills improve. There is also a demo button showing what they are aiming at, which lights up the snare pad to show when it is pressed. Users can record and play back their performances for self-evaluation.
Curriculum area: Performing
Main focus: Playing on beats 2 and 4 (the backbeats) of a 4-beat cycle. Assessing accuracy aurally.
Possible learning outcomes: Improved rhythmic accuracy. Counting beats in groups of 4. Awareness of Beats 2 and 4 as important for snare.
Suggestion for where next: Other beat completers to continue improving rhythmic accuracy.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Curriculum support, Charanga, Hip Hop Coach, Beat Completer
Tags: sample pad, sample bank, drum pattern, timing precision, counting beats, back beat
There are two sample pads, each producing a different 2-beat melodic pattern when touched. As the hip-hop backing plays, pupils need to trigger the pads in the order 1,1,2,1 (i.e. AABA phrase structure) exactly in time with the backing. Touching the pads to the left or right places the sound in the stereo field so that pupils can explore interesting spatial effects and investigate diferent phrase structures. They can record and play back their performances for self-evaluation.
Curriculum area: Performing, exploring structure
Main focus: Playing every 2 beats. Performing AABA phrase structure
Possible learning outcomes: Counting beats in pairs. Understanding various alternatives for structuring 4 successive phrases.
Suggestion for where next: Other beat completers to continue improving rhythmic accuracy.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Curriculum support, Charanga, Hip Hop Coach, Beat Completer
Tags: phrase structure, riff, left, right, timing precision, counting beats, sample pad, sample bank
There is a single sample pad that triggers a 4-beat drum loop. The backing loop has no drums and pupils need to trigger the sample pad exactly on beat 1 of the backing riff. There is an on-screen beat counter to help then keep their place, which can be turned off as skills progress. Pupils can record and play back their performances for self-evaluation. This is more difficult than you might at first imagine! The natural tendency is to listen to the drums you are triggering rather than whether they are in time with the backing. It takes considerable skill and independence to correct your drum timing in line with a melodic riff.
Curriculum area: Performing
Main focus: Playing on beat 1 of a 4-beat cycle
Possible learning outcomes: Improved rhythmic accuracy. Counting beats in groups of 4. Awareness of Beat 1
Suggestion for where next: Other beat completers to continue improving rhythmic accuracy.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Curriculum support, Charanga, Hip Hop Coach, Beat Completer
Tags: synchronise, timing precision, counting beats, sample pad, sample bank
This app works in the musical context of Dubstep style, which has a slower tempo than other Hip Hop styles. There are two sample pads - one triggers an 8-beat bass line, the other an 8=beat pad sound. Pupils need to count the backing as sets of 8 beats and trigger the samples in any order/combination to produce their own texture. They can build up their texture by recording their performances in several layers if they wish. The pad sample allows control of stereo positioning and volume level. There is an on-screen count display to help users keep their place, which can be switched off as skills advance.
Curriculum area: Performing, arranging
Main focus: Playing on beat 1 of an 8-beat cycle. Building simple textures.
Possible learning outcomes:Improved rhythmic accuracy. Counting beats in groups of 8. Awareness of Beat 1. Awareness of texture.
Suggestion for where next: Other beat completers to continue improving rhythmic accuracy.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Curriculum support, Charanga, Hip Hop Coach, Beat Completer
Tags: timing precision, counting beats, sample pad, sample bank, composing a texture