Modern music (particularly electronic music) has a similar rhythm in 99% of cases: four-four time. Four-four time = 1 stressed beat (in DJing, this is called āthe Oneā), followed by 3 unstressed beats.
Listen to a song. Focus on the rhythm: youāll see that itās very easy to count the beats from 1 to 4: 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4⦠See what we mean? Try again with a different track, and repeat the process until youāre able to get a good idea of how to properly understand the rhythm.
Are you comfortable with this exercise?Ā If so, we can move on to the following steps.
At the same time, you should know that ā in order to help DJs out ā todayās DJing software is able to detect the stressed and unstressed beats in a track, as well as count the bars (or measures) and BPM (beats per minute). Thatās exactly what our DJUCEDĀ® software does for you.
Some people have an innate sense of rhythm, while others donāt at all. Being able to tap out the rhythm is an exercise through which youāll need to ātransformā your relationship to the music: listening is no longer just passive, but is now an active undertaking. This is the foundation of DJing: you need to be able to count the beats, and thereby āfeelā the music in order to anticipate the changes in the trackās structure and how the track unfolds. Thatās why good DJs listen to lots of music: so that they donāt have to keep on actually counting, but can rather āfeelā how a track is evolving as it goes along.