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Because in general the drum kick is on the 1 and a bass silence in the 1 is very odd.
So, naturally they lock from the begining..
So, naturally they lock from the begining..
It still amazes me how there are people who have played like for 5 decades and have zero awareness of what's really happening or have any capability for self-evaluation.
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"Reggae beats often have an emphasis on beat 3 of the bar. Usually this is from the bass drum or bass drum and cross stick snare. Accents are often used on the hi hats to play louder on beat 2 and 4. In more advanced reggae hi hat work, they adopt a swing feel similar to blues, jazz or country. The cross stick snare is used instead of the full snare sometimes or much of the time if the song is fairly laid back and chilled, which it usually is with reggae! Normal snare hits, or hitting the snare head and rim simultaneously are used in reggae drum fills."
This bassline isn't locked with the kick. It's syncopated in a completely different rhythm. It's pretty obvious too as it starts every phrase of the "e" of the 1.
LOL, I thought that was just a song title... Didn't know it was an actual thing.
As I've mentioned previously, Reggae beats often have an emphasis on beat 3 of the bar.
In "One drop", the bass (most probably always) accentuates Beat 3 along with the drum kick.
Hmmm. Well the bass is definitely landing on the 3. But I'm hearing the kick on the 2 and 4. I get that any rhythm can vary, but if you're using this song as an example of the bass and kick locking in, I don't get it.
The drum player add a drum kick "fill" only around 0:14 - 0:18 (INTRO), and around 2:54 (Outro)
All other measures the drum kick plays only(!) Beat 3.
In short.
Without getting into some unfocused discussion about time periods, classical opuses, styles from all over the world, generically(!!!) speaking, we play "accented-pattern" based music.
Let's continue.
Here is a bass riff from Sade's "Paradise", thanks to ChrisDev from basslessons.be.
I have highlighted the "constant" drum (kick) pattern in relation to the bass line.
Would you say, that the bass line is locked with the drums?
Here is that song.
Here is a bass riff from Sade's "Paradise", thanks to ChrisDev from basslessons.be.
I have highlighted the "constant" drum (kick) pattern in relation to the bass line.
Would you say, that the bass line is locked with the drums?
Here is that song.
Let's add another song - RHCP, "Dark Necessities".
From ChrisDev web-site, the bass rhythmic pattern with the drum kick accents.
Sometimes, the kick plays with bass ghost notes.
Could we say that the bass and the drum kick are locked in?
From ChrisDev web-site, the bass rhythmic pattern with the drum kick accents.
Sometimes, the kick plays with bass ghost notes.
Could we say that the bass and the drum kick are locked in?
That’s why the sentence starts with “I think” . It’s my opinion which could be right or wrong.Either can be the defining part of the song... so why would the other be more important?
The need to oversimplify this in this thread is a trip. Edicts are laid down when in fact the overriding truth still is...
it depends.
Ask your drummer to play any rhythm but omit the snare and you’ll see what I mean.
It's good that you've asked that question.
It's called an arrangement device in order to develop the drum line along with the song (without paying too much attention to the complexity).
Let's say, we have a FULL rhythmic pattern played during Chorus and or Outro, but during Verse 1 the drummer omits the snare.
During Verse 2, the drummer plays the rimshot instead of the snare, but...
Let's get back to our subject.
Here is another Sade's song, "Nothing can come between us", where the bass notes are "locked in" with the drum kick notes, but at the end of the song - around 2:39, the bass starts developing its line, adding noted, embellishments, etc...
Could we still say that the bass is locked with the kick?
The video starts just a few measures before the bass starts adding notes.
