how do count bars in rap the correct way

Started by beastmode552, Aug 12, 2018, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. beastmode552
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    Aug 12, 2018
    like i know what a bar is etc

    but idk know how to count them and know where a mc places there rhymes in the " bar "
     
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  2. Charlie Work
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    Aug 12, 2018
    If the beat is 4/4, the bar typically ends at every kick.
     
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  3. beastmode552
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    / Remember back in the days, when niggaz had waves / bar 1
    / Gazelle shades, and corn braids / bar 2

    so would remember be the 1st beat in the 1st bar
    and gazelle be the 1st beat in the second bar

    shades and the second beat in the second bar
    and corn the third beat in second bar

    and waves the 4 beat in the 1st bar
    and braids the 4 beat in bar 2
     
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  4. The Lyricvore
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    Aug 12, 2018
    A bar is a measurement of the instrumental. It has nothing to do with the words. The line ends at the end of the bar.
     
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  5. Johnny Guitar
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    I made this educational 12 second video for you.

    Pink - Bar 1
    Green - Bar 2
    Yellow - Bar 3
    Blue - Bar 4​

     
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  6. beastmode552
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    Aug 13, 2018

    so basically i had it correctly
     
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