rhythm variation

[Musicologo]

Hello folks, I've been listening with careful several modern pop songs, and there is a little trick, very effective, used sometimes.


An example:



Can anyone tell me what happens to the rhythm between 2:46 - 2:50 ?

That measure is a variant of the "normal 4/4" that comes all along in the song. How do you make this effect? What happens to the rhythm? It is all a drum thing? How do you achieve this effect?

Many thanks for all the help in advance.

[Nystul]

There is a syncopated groove throughout the song, but the kick is always playing straight quarter notes. In the measure you are looking at, the kick stops playing straight quarter notes and switches to the groove. Really not much else is changed there. I think that if the drums dropped out completely in that measure, it would have very much the same effect. Without a strong 4 beat at that point, the groove becomes the dominant rhythm.

[kbaccki]

That little break around 2:47 uses quarter note triplets... it's a electro drum typa sound, but would be equivalent to banging on toms with 1/4 triplets. If you heard an example of 1/4 triplets you'd recognize it... lemme see if I can find a youtube...

Here's a jazz drum example using 1/4 triplets... ... the timing is 4/4 with hihat foot on 2 & 4... so the very first thing with 1/4 triplets on the snare should give you an idea of the effect of 1/4 triplets against a straight 4 feel.

Here's another that should be near and dear to the heart every drummer out there... He goes through the progression of 1/4, 1/4T, 1/8, 1/8T, etc., so that might give you a more direct comparison.

[Nystul]

I'd say it's actually dotted eighth, dotted eighth, regular eighth. The pop song that comes to my mind with this same type of groove is La Isla Bonita.