Hey everyone!
Here’s some simple ways to improve one’s understanding of the backbeat.
- Snap one’s fingers along the backbeat
- Clap along with the backbeat
- Tap your foot with the backbeat
- Play the guitar on the backbeat, muffling the strings
When learning about the backbeat
- Try to figure out how different grooves feel the way they do based on where the backbeat lands
- Try to incorporate the backbeat into your planning on a implied level
- Consider learning basic drums and drumbeats and/or produce beats to understand how things can change the groove.