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How to be a good DJ
basic concepts

what should I learn as a qualified DJ?

(1) Understand the rhythm of music

(2) Understand the melody of music

(3) Understand the style of music

(4) Feel the speed (BMP)

(5) Follow from slow to fast, from cold to hot, and gradually deepen

(6) Make DJ marks, so as to listen more and practice more. Divided into RAP (rap, rap), REGGAE (reggae, originated from Jamaica), TRIP-HOP (confused and miserable), FUNKY (compact, fast-paced and cheerful), R&; B (Rhythm and BLUEs), Blue (Pure Blues), JAZZ (Jazz), ROOK (Rock), SOUL (Soul Music), POP SLOW (Popular), FUNK (Funk < Acoustic guitar > ), RAP FUNKY FUNK (collectively known as HIP-HOP).

such as (1)REGGAE (reggae) features: relatively relaxed and lively, mark R2(2)RAP (rap) features: tough and dry, mark R1 (3) r&; B features: the style is closer to the first two, the music performance is more lyrical, and the rhythm and blues are festival, with the mark R3

the above three BPMs are within 125 beats, and the rhythm expression form is

a.v.vv (bang bang bang bang) b.vv.vv

2. House: mysterious, quiet.

BPM is above 12 beats.

The types of houses are: ENERGY ATTEMATIVE HOUSE, DISCO HOUSE

(with singing, combining the music styles of DISCO and FUNK in 197s),

TECHNO HOUSE (factory), SOFE HOUSE (soft and gentle) and Sofe House (hard). TRANCE HOUSE (more popular and noble), DREAM HOUSE

(dream), TRIBAL HOUSE (tribal home), with the strong electronic sound of electronic keyboard, Belgian-style bass sound, combined with male rap, how to understand the music rhythm of female singing, it feels very modern, very "space", the rhythm is full of explosive force, and drum music and metal music are added. ) HAPPY HOUSE (cheerful, happy), drum's&; Bass, dreambeat, POP HOUSE, RAVE (fast), SONG OF HOUSE (singing).

3. techno: techno dance music, which feels mysterious and mechanized, is mixed with a lot of modern technology equipment, similar to TECHNO HOUSE, such as heavy metals.

4. trip-hop: based on electronics and music, it combines timbre sampling with processing and other means, with a strange, sad and colorful singing style, and the music sounds scattered, faint, slightly abnormal and neurotic.

5. funky: the rhythm is strong, cheerful and compact. Rhythm expression: vv. vv, similar to HIP-HOP rhythm, but closely spaced < P > 6. Pop: popular European rhythm, with many voices, similar to HIP-HOP rhythm, but BPM is above 125 beats.

7. drum "n" bass: electronic music (JUNGLE) and drums change faster, which is a kind of electronic music of JUNGLE. Dancing will make you feel crazy, but the music is infinite.

8. break beat: the third beat of the traditional 4/4 beat HOUSE becomes two quick and tiny "chip" beats.

2. Rhythm marker

1.d1 shows a strong and crisp rhythm, and few other musical instruments intervene between drums. BPM is above 125 beats, and when they circulate, electronic synthesis effect appears, so it is classified as TECHNO, and the expression form is: (1) V. V (2) V. V

2.d2 There are crisp musical instruments between drums. Forms of expression: (1)V-thorn V-thorn (2)V-thorn V-v

3. G rhythm The previous remake often has several fast drums or drums mixed with bass, which feels fast and like rolling. It is a kind of rhythm that is slowly introduced into the climax. It is popular and accepted by the public in the middle and back court. The form of expression is vvv. In short, you can tell which rhythm type it belongs to by listening to the low drum rhythm first and then listening to the high hairpin sound.

3. Melody types

1. P: Most of them are adapted from popular songs, with beautiful melody, easy catchiness and human voice.

2. How to understand the music rhythm T: It's mechanical, mysterious, modern and electronic.

4. Style

1. How to know the music style?

Style refers to melody and singing voice.

(1) Enthusiasm (O): There are wild voices singing in the song or the melody is very strong, which makes people feel lively, such as HOWGEE.

(2) Calm down (L): Some dance music has a good rhythm and a strong sense of movement, but it feels deep and fast songs are more mysterious. You can put a paragraph in the middle of the climax as a transition.

(3) Strong (j): No matter whether it is cold or hot, as long as it sounds strong, there are some styles in rolling music.

(4) Cheerful (h): It sounds relaxed and pleasant. Such as Beibei Jia.

(5) catchy (c): many songs can be sung by the public, such as EVERYDAY.

v. the concept of BPM

the basic structure of electronic dance music-the concept of -LOOP. In recent years, all electronic dance music has a certain structure and rules, no matter how complicated and changeable it is, it has a certain structure to follow. The same is true for electronic dance music with drums: one beat is equal to one word, eight words (beats) are one sentence, and four sentences are one paragraph (that is, 4×8=32 beats), so it will not be too difficult to find the basic structure of dance music. It's very easy to identify the drums if they are beaten every time, but it's not so easy to identify them if they are broken beats or intermissions without drums, but they are still carried out according to the basic form of four people patting a paragraph.

VI. Description of BPM

I. What is BPM

1. Definition of BPM:

BPM is the abbreviation of BESAT PER MINUTE, which means "the number of beats per minute", that is, the total number of drums per minute in disco dance music.

2. How to calculate BPM:

BPM is generally calculated in the way of 8 beats per bar of music, which can be divided into:

(1) Count the number of beats per minute with a watch or a horse watch.

(2) Use TEMPO (beat) on synthesizers, drums and other equipment to calculate.

(3) Use a professional mixer such as VESTAX and NUMARK or a BPM counter special for CD players to calculate.

(4) Calculate by other methods such as minute-and-second multiplication and computer. For example, if the BPM of a song is 12 beats, the BPM value is 12×8=96 beats, then the BPM of this song is 96 beats.

3, the role of BPM:

DJ's main job is to connect each dance perfectly, and arrange the BPM of the dance music from slow to fast, changing one dance music in a cyclical and gradual way, improving and mastering the mood of the dancers. To achieve this goal, in addition to learning to choose the appropriate dance music, and make sure that the BPM of the next connected dance music should not exceed 1 beats. Generally speaking, an experienced DJ will choose BPM within plus or minus 3-4 beats. Although the turntable can be adjusted to the plus or minus beat point, when BPM is related to a lot, the dance music will go out of tune when the speed is pulled to the highest or lowest position by the variable-speed high-speed parts of the turntable. Therefore, it is very important to properly choose the BPM spacing of each dance music when mixing and connecting dance music.

4. Every DJ should not only know the importance of BPM, but also know the importance of "BODY RYTHEM".

literally, "body rhythm" means the rhythm, rhythm and sense of melody of the body, which is as important as BPM, because every DJ needs to use "body rhythm" to count the beats and experience the rhythm cycle when he encounters some drums that are not obvious in rhythm or strange in the hall.