beat structure?

[DJ Harris]

i have an idea about this is there like a standard structure for most genres liie in my eyes:
Hiphop= 8bar Intro
10bar Verse
8 bar Hook?
10 bar verse
8 bar hook?
6 bar outro?


i was thinkin of structuring mine like this:

8bar Intro
10bar Verse
8 bar Hook?
10 bar verse
8 bar hook?
8bar breakdown
8 bar hook
6 bar outro
im not really sure of the proper way to do it i know most cases its down to the artists or the vocals u are mixing on it.

 

[Pain Of Depth]

You got it all wrong my friend..

it's

4 to 8 bar intro
16 bar verse
8 bar hook
16 bar verse
8 bar hook
( 4 to 8 bar bridge )
16 bar verse
16 bar hook
8 bar outro

1 bar being 2 snarehits...

the last verse can be changed tho'

 

[DJ Harris]

thanks thought i'd got it wrapped round my ass, and i had!

 

[Hymnz]

hip hop beats are not absolute in any way.

biggie sometimes did 20 bars.
bridges are absent many times.
number of verses vary...
etcetera

 

[DJ Harris]

lol wats a bridge?

 

[Hymnz]

i like to think of it as a sub-chorus. there are other ways of looking at it.
listen to hail mary: 'If it's on then it's on, we break beat-breaks, Outlawz on a paper chase' etc
that's a bridge right before the chorus. just another thing to swing the beat up and add another catchy rhyme.

 

[Pain Of Depth]

bridges are usually used to change up , so it's not too repetitive that's why it's normally used after the 2nd hook ..
of course the number of verses and hooks can vary , but the way I posted it , is the way it's done most of the time

And sometimes people don't use hooks at all , but most of the time they do , and , again , in the way I posted it

 

[seb]

yo depth your mixtape link don't work?

 

[greezi']

How long is a bar? I it like the two parts that rhyme or just the first part??

 

[critikaldesignz]

How long is a bar? I it like the two parts that rhyme or just the first part??

beat snare beat snare = one bar.

In a standard 100 bpm beat a bar is like 2.5 seconds.

 

[Pain Of Depth]

standard 100 bpm?
hip hop is 60 to 105 bpm , isn't it?

anyways :

"The only way to change me is maybe blow my brains out ( bar 1 )
stuck in the middle of the game to get the pain out ( bar 2 )
Pray to my God every day , but he don't listen ( bar 3 )
The poverty bothers me , but mama's working wonders in the kitchen ( bar 4 )
etc..."

 

[Pain Of Depth]

yo depth your mixtape link don't work?

didn't know that , ah wel can't up it anymore , don't have space

 

[seb]

oh damn

 

[PuffnScruff]

making music is about being creative. come up with your own formulas and beat arrangments. do something nobody else has done before. try new things. you dont have to follow a certain formula for a specific genre, becaue there really are none. it just depends on the overall song and the artist.

 

[Bigg Limn]

making music is about being creative. come up with your own formulas and beat arrangments. do something nobody else has done before. try new things. you dont have to follow a certain formula for a specific genre, becaue there really are none. it just depends on the overall song and the artist.

:thumb:

You shouldnt conform yourself to a "set" structure when making beats. Do some creative/experimental shit...do something thatll get you noticed, not blended in with the rest.

 

[Preach]

standard 100 bpm?
hip hop is 60 to 105 bpm , isn't it?

once again, there is no standard, rather a median. the median is probably 75-110, or 50-110 if you wanna include dirty south

a standard, new, empty reason document is always at 100bpm, i am guessing he was a little bit confused or his thoughts were drifting as he wrote his post. if i'm not mistaken, critikal uses reason.