What is a "Drop" and a "Bar" in EDM song structure?
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- KVRAF
- 2359 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
A bar has nothing to do with EDM. It's to do with your time signature, which in EDM is almost certainly 4/4. That means that each bar contains 4 quarter notes (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - ) and then comes the next bar of 4.
The drop is the bit that comes after the break/riser/wibble when everything drops in with hurricane force. So your typical song goes something like this
<unnecessarily long intro with lots of filter sweeps> - <riser and kill everything but white noise> - <half a note's length of silence> - <DRUBBLE FLUBBLE WUBBLE WOM (this is the drop)> - <lots of the same thing> - <riser/break 2> - <WUMBLE BUMBLE FRUMBLE (drop 2)> etc.
HTH
Edit, forgot the obligatory video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQQuFfqOlA
The drop is the bit that comes after the break/riser/wibble when everything drops in with hurricane force. So your typical song goes something like this
<unnecessarily long intro with lots of filter sweeps> - <riser and kill everything but white noise> - <half a note's length of silence> - <DRUBBLE FLUBBLE WUBBLE WOM (this is the drop)> - <lots of the same thing> - <riser/break 2> - <WUMBLE BUMBLE FRUMBLE (drop 2)> etc.
HTH
Edit, forgot the obligatory video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQQuFfqOlA
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- KVRAF
- 35072 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
- KVRAF
- 5790 posts since 17 Aug, 2004 from Berlin, Germany
"The drop is the point in a music track where a switch of rhythm or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break" (wikipedia)
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- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Good one. However, the second meaning is not very interesting in EDM as it naturally has to come after a break and just carries on as finale.The drop is the point in a music track where a switch of rhythm or bass line occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and break
It is more interesting to have drop in the firts meaning, that is sudden and abrupt change to fat, twisted bassline or other simple yet catchy motiffs. Drops also change tracks pace, so it's not a single replacement of one instrument with another.
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