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Guide To Hip Hop Instrumentals: The Groove

By Delroy Wilkins


When you ask music lovers to define the term grove, majority will find it hard coming up with the right words to describe it. The main reason for this is that groove usually relates to the feeling listening to music evokes. While finding the exact words to define groove in hip hop, groove is created by a couple of things. Every beat producer wants to incorporate a unique form of groove within their sounds. For the beginner, finding the right groove might take time. Professionals on the other hand have found ways of incorporating groove within their sounds.

The groove is what provides both the rhythm and the harmony for the beats. It is the thing that ties the music together into a single beat. The groove is as recognizable as any other part in the beats. People's body responds to the groove in the hip hop beats, but you can find a groove in any type of music. The way that music generates it grooves varies depending on the genre. No matter what though, all songs need to have some type of groove if they want to be something people will listen to.

In hip hop, the rhythm comes from the drums. The melody will come from the pads and the lead will fill in the rest. The groove will bring all of these parts together by filling in the gaps of these parts.

The best way to describe a groove is like a wave. A wave in the ocean will get your body moving. Your body will move more when the waves are stronger and faster. When the waves are slow and calm, your body sways much slower too. A groove in music will move the body in the same ways. Fast grooves will have people moving rapidly and with high energy. A mellow groove will get people rocking in a much slower and closer way.

A groove can be used in various parts of your beats. You can set it out in the beginning to help lead into the intro or you can use it to worked into the chorus and it can extend the verse. A groove can be used in different tempos to help fill your music out completely.

Many beginners will not understand the importance of the groove in their beats. They will leave it out and wonder why people stop listening to their music before it is done. If you take the time to establish the groove in your music, you will get people to listen to it with their whole body.




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