Use the beat numbers underneath each example as a reference point.Įxample #1: Accented beats using eighth notesĮxample #2: Accented backbeats using eighth notesĮxample #3: Accented beats using dot/cut notesĮxample #4: Accented backbeats using dot/cut notesĮxample #5: Accented beats using sixteenth note tripletsĮxample #6: Accented backbeats using sixteenth note tripletsĮxample #7: Accented beats using thirty-second notesĮxample #8: Accented backbeats using thirty-second notesīeats and backbeats in a reel (either pointed or round) work the same way as they do in a march. Here are some examples of beats and backbeats in the march style. For now, as we get used to these concepts, we will only be discussing beat and backbeat and how they are used in simple time. Simple time divides the beat evenly into groups of two, four or eight. Marches and reels are both written in simple time. If you are counting "one-e-and-ah 2-e-and-ah", the offbeats occur on "e" or "ah". Offbeat: Offbeats are the subdivisions of the beat that lie between the beat and backbeat.
In a basic rock beat played on the drum kit the bass drum will play on the beat and the snare drum will play on the backbeat. If you are counting "one and two and" along with a march or reel, the backbeat occurs when you say "and". In a parade, to help keep everyone marching in step, military bass drummers will play predominantly on the beat.īackbeat: In simple time (marches and reels), the back beat is the second half of the beat. If you are counting "one and two and" along with a march or reel, the beat occurs when you say the numbers "one" and "two". To understand lift, one must first understand the three different parts of the beat.īeat: The "beat" is where you tap your foot and is the first note of every note grouping. It is a mysterious and confusing word! What is lift? How can a drum corps achieve it? In the next several weeks I'll be discussing the issue of lift and answering these questions. The word "lift" has been appearing on pipe band score sheets for decades.
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