DJ Demonstration Tutorial on DnB Drum and bass Counting

Right, ladies and gentlemen, a quick video here. I've got an album entitled Soul Music 2022. It's from Hospital Records. There will be info in the description. In this video, I'm going to show you an easy way how to count drum and bass timing. So first of all, let's play this tune here. This is Japper Clash VIP. Let's put it forward a bit. OK, I'm going to pause it very quickly. OK, so bars, phrases, timing. First of all, how do you count? 1, 2, 3, 4. When you're counting house music, you will, of course, count 1, 2, 3, 4. Slightly different with drum and bass. What you're listening for is the 2 and the 4. And if you're familiar with a set of drums, if you have a bird's eye view of a set of drums, generally you have a snare on the floor in between the drummer's legs.

You have a bass drum and then you have a hi-hat. Now, if we take those three and we just think about those three, you've got the hi-hat 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4. You've got the bass drum 1, 3, 1, 3. And you have the snare 2 and 4. So what you're listening for in drum and bass. Is the 2 and the 4. This is the snare sound. 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.

OK, I hope that's a help. Quick video, more to come. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

This transcript was produced automatically from the audio of the video and may contain mistakes.