Songs with the “Applause beats”

[Supersonic 49,376]

@maxblac @DelusionalGaga

The songs I quoted all have a 4-on-the-floor rhythm pattern.

The bass drum hits at the measures on 1, 2, 3 and 4, the snare hits at 2 and 4. This beat pattern is commonly associated with Disco music and Electronic music, since it's pretty easy to recreate it on a computer without a drum player (but due to it straightforwardness and regularity somewhat fearsome for actual drum players)

It roughly looks like this

Examples for this beat pattern are:

The beat in Applause and the other songs is a teeny tiny bit more complicated and often works as the base for more complex kind of beats in pop music and it's usually associated with a "retro", "throwback" or a 1960's sound when it is employed in pop music. It's more prevelant in other genres and as I have heard considerably easier to handle in a live setting. It doesn't have a particular name in music however.

The bass drum hits at 1, 2, 3,5 and 4 and the snare hits at 2 and 4.

It roughly looks like this

Examples of this beat pattern are:

 

[DelusionalGaga 29,205]

11 minutes ago, Supersonic said:

 

I'm not going to lie, this more complicated than I thought. But I think I get it. I need to catch up on music theory. Thanks