Layering Beats (Part 2)

Learn about layering beats (part 2): distinguish between strong and weak beats

🎵 Stage Brief #50

The metronome was invented around 1815 and has been helping musicians practice steady beat ever since.

🎯 Your mission

Steal one trick from a master. Use it your way.

⚡ The twist

Every musician you love stole from someone else first.

What you'll learn

The metronome was invented around 1815 and has been helping musicians practice steady beat ever since.

Remember

🎧 Listen

Listen for this

🎧 Listen for what was new at the time — not what sounds normal today.

🌟 Artist spotlight

🌟 Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, wrote about computers playing music in 1843.

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🤯 Hip-hop was invented at one party in the Bronx in 1973.

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