824 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Single Measures"

The "Schwencke measure" added to J.S. Bach's Prelude in C Major BWV 846

First 8 bars of musical notation

Bo Diddley beat.

False relation typical in the music of the Baroque period. This particular chord sequence is common in the works of J.S. Bach. I guessed at the tempo.

Arbitrary example to quickly show variation in musical dynamics.

Oh, Susannah is an example of rounded binary form: A-B-½A.

A single bar from "Fugue No.17 in A flat", BWV 862, displaying contrapuntal polyphony. The piece is part of J. S. Bach's Das wohltemperirte Clavier, Part I. See: File:BachFugueBar.png

Ghost note drumming: ghost notes indicated by parentheses, main notes distinguished by accents.

Baa Baa prosody example. What if it started on 4 instead of 1?

Melodic sequence in "God Save the King". The pitches of the first line, "Send him victorious," are repeated, but lower, in the second line, "Happy and glorious,".

3-2 son clave.

Double-time: notice the snare moves to the "&" beats (compared to "regular" time) while the hi-hat begins to subdivide sixteenth notes.

6/8 clave rhythm.

Created by Hyacinth (talk) 21:40, 28 July 2008 in Sibelius. Shuffle feel example played straight: with NO shuffle.

Blast beat drum pattern.

Blast beat drum pattern.

Delayed backbeat (last eighth note in each measure) as in funk music. Created in Sibelius. en:Image:Delayed backbeat.png

Basic shuffle rhythm. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 22:04, 28 July 2008 in Sibelius.

Shuffle triplet-like performance.

Shuffle pattern with staggered thirds played on piano.

Heavy metal gallop rhythm as drum pattern.

Beethoven, Diabelli Variation No. 13

Corelli Violin Sonata Op 5 No 9, performing version by Geminiani, Tempo di Gavotta

Corelli Violin Sonata Op 5 No 9, Tempo di Gavotta

Theme by Anton Diabelli

Lanner's Schönbrunner, Op. 200, No. 4, mm. 17-23

9/8 drum pattern.

3/4 drum pattern.

Backbeat pattern on snare drum. Created in Sibelius. en:Image:Backbeat pattern snare drum.png

Charleston rhythm, simple rhythm commonly used in comping. Ragtime progression.

3-2 rumba clave.

Double bass drum beat based on a standard rock backbeat pattern with a sixteenth note roll.

6-8 clave in 4-4.

Blast beat drum pattern.

Simple duple drum pattern: divides two beats into two. Created by Hyacinth (talk) 02:19, 20 July 2009 using Sibelius 5.

3/4 version of Image:Characteristic rock drum pattern.png.

Theme to Paganini's Caprice No. 24 for violin.

First eight bars of the 3rd movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53, the Waldstein.

Chopin's Prelude in C minor modulates within the first three measures.

Debussy Reflets dans l'Eau opening 2 bars

Ah je vous dirai maman Var 5

Ah je vous dirai maman Var 8

Ah je vous dirai maman Var 7

Debussy Reflets dans l'Eau varied recapitulation of the opening

Ah je vous dirai maman Var 1

Sequential modulation in Schubert, Piano Sonata in E Major, D. 459, movement III.

Piano Sonata No. 21, 1st movement, second subject

Ah je vous dirai maman theme

16-bit 44100 hz quality, but some bitcrush has been applied so the real samplerate is unknown. I modified the drums preset in labchirp. These are just some sounds i found interesting while testing and modifying the preset. These are unedited, so some clean up might be needed.

This is my recording of a single vocal swish.