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Dj help, Where is the break on a 12" can you see it?

Lesson Beginner Stage 2: Counting Music November 2006

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Hello again. Right, we're on about breaks, we're on about beatmixing, we're on about bars, OK? It's all well and good, but sometimes it's quite a good idea to actually physically see where the break is in your record. Well, you can do it, OK? Sadly, I'm afraid not on CDs, OK, because you can't physically look at a CD, but vinyl you can. If you've ever noticed your vinyl records or record, any record, you'll notice... Light bits and dark bits. In other words, you'll notice shiny bits and dark bits. The shiny bits are the breaks, the dark bits are the noisy parts. I will show you. Right, check out. Right, here is a record and I'll put my finger now on a light bit. Okay, there's the introduction, there. Then it gets a bit louder, there's a tiny break. And then we come in to a bit of noise and we've got another break. Bit more noise, another break.

A tiny little bit of noise there, break. So there, if you actually counted that little space there, that could be about eight bars, you never know. And then you go on there and it slowly mellows out, fades away. Okay, so there I know, start. I can count there, where's my finger? There, I can count there. There's a bit of music going on, a break. By the way, there is music during the break. Loads going on there, bit of break, loads there, break. Loads there, break and continue. Okay? Turn that. So there you go. That's how you suss out where the breaks are on your records. Cheers mates, bye bye.

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