Talk:Amen break

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Short description: Widely sampled drum break

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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Kemp, Sam (September 20, 2021). "The most sampled band in music: The history of the 'Amen' break". Far Out. Retrieved May 15, 2023.

errors in the notation (?)

errors in the notation.

measure 3, on 6th ride hit -> only one note is played on bassdrum, here notated with 2 16th notes.

same thing in measure 4, 6 ride hit -> should be only one bassdrum hit, not 2. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Golafs (talk • contribs) 02:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone with a notation editor please fix? It's one of the most important hits, responsible for genres' worth of influence in modern dance, due to the syncopation it invokes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.247.227 (talk) 08:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The ASCII notation appears to have been corrected. I have left a message requesting the musical notation be fixed. Should we remove it until it is fixed? --Kvng (talk) 14:09, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done I've redone it myself. There was a few errors to fix but it should be okay now. EDIT: If you still can't see it then try doing a full refresh. --Bo98 (talk) 20:35, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No BPM?

Given how detailed this article is, especially the drum tabs, why is it not mentioned anywhere what BPM the original sample is? It's 137, but I'll leave whoever is in charge of this article to decide where to insert this vital information.

Done. I've also requested the notation be updated to include this. --Kvng (talk) 13:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done Notation updated. EDIT: If you still can't see it then try doing a full refresh.--Bo98 (talk) 20:36, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article in the Economist

This week's economist has an article about the Amen Break. See here for the article. It looks as though some of the unsourced statements which are on the WP page can find support here. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 08:37, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs additional citations?

The tag at the top of the article says it's been up there since 2007. Even though I don't listen to this kind of music, I learned about the Amen Break from an article in The Economist. So I came here, only to discovered a well-researched, well-documented article. If there are still issues, I think they should be addressed at the lowest reasonable level. Zyxwv99 (talk) 22:27, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BBC source

I've just added a quote sourced to this BBC article. It's a fairly in-depth treatment of the Amen break, so may well be of use in addressing sourcing issues throughout the article. Modest Genius ^talk 18:03, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Modest Genius: it was mentioned on PRI's The World if it's a useful reference for you at all. Link: [1]. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:08, 1 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

MIDI File?

Other similar beats, for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-beat#Drum_beat - have Free MIDI files as examples. It'd be awesome if this page had one as well! Paging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hyacinth !! :) Miserlou (talk) 20:13, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]