Leo Bennett
CLAP / rest / tap / tap. Kept doing it slowly and the gap after the clap started to feel like the whole point. Written down it looks almost too simple.
The empty beat makes this one work
Choose four beat slots and fill them with taps, claps, snaps, or a rest.
Music · 3 min
Started by Leo Bennett
The invitation
Clap, nothing, tap, tap. Looks a bit dull written down, but repeat it and the empty bit starts doing something. Try four slots of your own. You can write the pattern here; no recording needed.
First step
Choose four beat slots and fill them with taps, claps, snaps, or a rest.
- Choose four beat slots and fill them with taps, claps, snaps, or a rest.
- Loop the pattern a few times, keeping each slot the same length.
- Write all four slots with slashes between them, and tell us where the rhythm catches your ear.
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Sofia Duarte
Inspired by Leo Bennett
clap / snap / tap / rest. Moved your gap to the end and added a snap. Now I keep waiting for the next clap, which is a different sort of satisfying.
Conversation
Hana Kim
Tapping this twice makes the last tap run straight into the clap. Was that on purpose?
Leo Bennett
Not at first. I only heard it once I repeated the pattern, and then kept doing it.