Had to dig into this more since I've been focusing on odd time signatures & their rhythms. 

Melody & harmony wouldn't be complete without the 'beats'!   

When I started playing in my own little melody world (known as the violin), I didn't even know what a 'high hat' was, let alone what to do with it!  I have since played against beat tracks I've found, fooled around with polymeter and polyrhythm, but never actually made any beats of my own. 

Not exactly seeing eye-to-eye with this video when talking about 6/8 (guess they don't think there's any jigs in EM) - but still found this extremely helpful for understanding 'why' & 'where' I might want to use one type of drum for a certain beat.  

Fundamentals of Rhythm for Electronic Music (Red Means Recording).  Really a lot of info covered here.

I did NOT know that certain beats can help define PHRASING!  🤗 

Fellow Fiddlers - if you're working with DAW, are you using stock beats, or making your own? 

Have you done any experimenting with beats?

I have my midi keyboard (with beat pads) & my Orba 3 I play/loop beats on... but still haven't gotten to where I want to arrange/record in DAW, yet.  

FOUND Ableton has a virtual/interactive page that lets me get comfortable creating a loop of beats (like prep for DAW), opens right in the browser - no fuss, perfect visualization for me to start with. 

Make Beats | Learning Music

...the rhythm I want right now!