33 Royalty-Free Audio Tracks for "Two Measures"

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

Bo Diddley beat.

The most common and simple blastbeat. Two measures repeated (four measures total).

Shuffle triplet-like performance.

Last two measures of Schoenberg's "George Lieder" Op. 15/1.

3-2 son clave.

Blast beat drum pattern.

Blast beat drum pattern.

9/8 drum pattern.

3/4 drum pattern.

Heavy metal gallop rhythm as drum pattern.

Janacek Sinfonietta 2nd movement, opening bars

3-2 rumba clave.

Shuffle pattern with staggered thirds played on piano.

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

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.

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

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

6-8 clave in 4-4.

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

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

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

Two measures of squelchy acid bass with piercing synth chords. Created in lmms, further effects applied in audacity with valhalla supermassive. 140 bpm, a flat hungarian minor.

Debussy Reflets dans l'Eau opening 2 bars

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.

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

Debussy Reflets dans l'Eau varied recapitulation of the opening

Medium tape measure drawn out and retracted. Two versions for retraction, slowly and letting go. Recorded on a tascam dr-100mkiii with an audio technica at875r shotgun mic in 24/48 mono.

Stomp progression two-measure three-chord harmonic cycle. F F#dim7 C7/G C7.

* the music is a backing track, intended for practice, exploring the lydian tonality. The backing track runs through each of twelve tonal centers, starting with d lydian and moving down a fifth every two measures (counterclockwise through the cycle of fifths), ending with a lydian. * the audio consists of a single pass through the 12 tonalities, but the files are optimized for looping and should transition smoothly from end to beginning, given the appropriate looping software or hardware. * i enjoyed making this track and found it useful for practicing various ideas, such as running scales in different positions, directions, and intervallic combinations, superimposing triad and tetrad shapes, voicings, inversions, and lines. And just jamming out and improvising freeform.

Half time: notice the snare moves to beats 3 of measure one and two (beats 3 & 7) while the hi-hat plays only on the quarter notes. Note also, for example, that the quarter notes 'sound like' eighth notes in one giant measure.

Several distinct words being typed on a keyboard. Two hits of the "enter" key thrown in at the end for good measure.