Did you ever notice how clock time is counted on the wrong beats? It goes “tick-tock” when it should go “tock-tick”, like drums do. In the popular drum beat, the lower tone kick drum is played on the One, while the higher tone snare drum on the Two. Boom pah, boom boom pah, not pah […]
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The 4/4 Life
The Clock Song plays everywhere all the time. It is the most popular rhythm in the world. Each tick and tock is a quarter beat, or crochet, worth a second. The human heart also beats at around 60 beats/per/minute, just like clockwork. Moderate Rock Tempo of 120 bpm (the oft-used tempo in Pop Music) is […]
