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Beat Connection Collection: Beat Fundamentals

Beat Connection Collection: Beat Foundations

In Beat Connection, we explore modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In this collection, we’re highlighting Beat Connection posts that detail the fundamental foundations of beatmaking, elemental topics like rhythm, pitch and structure. Check them out below and get the beat going yourself!

The Beat Composer’s Cheat Sheet

Your reference companion on your beat-making quest | READ »

The Elements of a Song

You can’t revolutionize music if you don’t know how to build a song first | READ »

Understanding Musical Tempo

Discover the connection between musical tempo and the human heartbeat | READ »

What’s the Matter with Musical Meter?

4/4, 3/4… meter makes all the matter in your beats…10-4? | READ »

Get to Know Pitch

Learning pitch opens the door to mastering harmony and more | READ »

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Mason has played guitar since age 14 and has remained a charmingly amateurish musician ever since. Mason joined zZounds in 2014 and serves as editor of the zZounds Blog, as well as Accessories Merchandiser. Prior to zZounds, he earned a degree in journalism and worked as a newspaper editor and freelance writer. When not writing or editing for zZounds, you can find him playing his Strat, hosting bar trivia, and chasing his toddler around the house.