| In this article we are going to look at what you need to | | | | you can start making some awesome sounding beats. |
| make classy sounding rap beats. Now of course there | | | | My advice to start you off is to focus on house music, |
| are different options and you can go as far as a | | | | get a good beat maker and look up how to make a |
| recording studio if you really want to get a tune out | | | | simple house tune. This as you can imagine is fairly |
| there that sounds like one of the chart hits. | | | | simple and there are normally just 4 beats to a bar, |
| Although this for most people is a step to far so this | | | | add a snare or hi-hat offsetting the beats and you will |
| article will focus more on the software packages that | | | | have a very basic but quite a funky house tune. |
| allow you to make rap beats. Now a lot of people | | | | Then moving forward you can of course start |
| make the mistake of finding some good rap beat | | | | messing around with the basic beats, start adding |
| maker software and then think it will be simple to just | | | | delays and pauses and you will have a more complex |
| start churning out the beats. This is not normally the | | | | set up. The best thing to remember when you are |
| case. | | | | getting started making rap beats is that you cannot |
| To make a good rap beat you NEED to know a little | | | | make mistakes with music and as you learn and get |
| about musical theory. This is basically the rules of | | | | more creative your tunes will sound better. |
| music and any music whether you are looking at | | | | I hope this article has told you a few things that you |
| dance, rap or classical uses the same rules and once | | | | can use to start making rap beats and good luck! |
| you grasp them such as quantizing, timing and rhythm | | | | |