how would you define breakbeat?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:57 am

hi...

what are breakbeats?

are these simply just beats you can 'breakdance' to?

are they just simply a part in a song where there are no other instruments, just percussion....like a drum solo?

are they simply just the drums sampled in rap music?

fill me in

yuval · Post by **yuval** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 6:00 am

Breakbeats = all the beats in the track sound like breaks, other than the house/ techno/ trance 4 by 4.
Try the plump djs if you want some good examples.

Credo 'unplugged' · Post by **Credo 'unplugged'** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 7:14 am

Here is a good example of breakbeat >>

http://www.dirtystudios.com/moxie.mp3

From the good old forum post "links to peoples Live tracks" which makes my day at work. >>

http://www.ableton.com/pages/user-area/ ... tist+music

C

Mbazzy · Post by **Mbazzy** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 7:34 am

And if you want to go to real BROKEN beats, check out the Mbazzy URL

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:03 am

technically speaking, it comes from funk, where the song would "break down" to just drums and percussion. Here the drummer would keep a minimal groove going or wind out into a whole drum solo.Cos there aren't as many other instruments in the mix, this is what everybody points their samplers to....

(son of 2 English teachers)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:02 am

I'm lead to beleive that it's generally accepted first breakbeat was played by James Brown's drummer.

'Funky Drummer' is one if not the most sampled drum beat in history. Yes, it features a drum break and it began in early funk, but the 'broken beat' term came from this particular style of drumming where the drummier would shift the accent of the beat, ' breaking' the bar up into unequal parts, thus making it sound 'broken'.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:13 pm

Yes, all hail Clyde Stubblefield, JB's fantastic funky drummer.

Give the drummer some!

jory · Post by **jory** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:04 pm

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, all hail Clyde Stubblefield, JB's fantastic funky drummer.

Give the drummer some!

I'll second that! Clyde "the glide" Stubblefield is still touring with the "Masters of Groove" (with Grant Green Jr. on guitar and Rueben Wilson on the B-3) He plays his ass off. Go catch him if you see them pass through your town.

Damn!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:50 pm

what Pitch Black said.

the term "breakbeat" just means the beat played durring a "break".
which is the breakdown / bridge in classic funk.

how would you define breakbeat?

how would you define breakbeat?

funk and wagnalls

origins of the 'broken beat"