These are the original released recordings studied in lesson 20. Play the named passage, count the drum events, then compare your notes with the course reconstruction.
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B-side of Color Him Father
Listen firstWhich arrives first in the break: kick, snare, or ride?
ConnectionOriginal recording for the Amen reconstruction
Listen forA four-bar drum break. Hear the loud backbeats, the quieter snare notes between them, and the ride that keeps the eighth-note motion moving.
Listen firstWhat stays inside this break besides the drum kit?
ConnectionA break with voices and band punctuation inside the loop
Listen forThe kick syncopates under a steady snare drive while the vocal shout and band accents remain part of the passage.
Listen firstCan you hear both open hi-hats in one bar?
ConnectionA repeating one-bar figure built from hi-hat detail and ghost notes
Listen forFollow the one-handed sixteenth-note hi-hat, then listen under the backbeat for the snare notes that sit below the accents.
Listen firstWhich part acts as the repeating high register timekeeper?
ConnectionAn opening break built around drums and a repeating bell figure
Listen forCount the kick and snare beneath the bell pattern before the fuller arrangement enters.
The YouTube players stream the released records. Dubspot does not copy, extract, or route their audio into the sequencer. Lesson 20 uses independently synthesized sounds for its reconstruction and exercises.