Year 9

How can a DAW be used to create EDM rhythms?

Year 9

How can a DAW be used to create EDM rhythms?

warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn what EDM is and how to create our own drum patterns using a DAW. We will also explore what rhythm displacement is, and how to utilise this in our own composition work.

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

5 Questions

Q1.
What does 'EDM' stand for?
Electric dancing music
Correct answer: Electronic dance music
Electronic disco music
Q2.
What does 'DAW' stand for?
Correct answer: Digital audio workstation
Digital awesome world
Dubstep audio workspace
Q3.
What are the three main parts of the drum kit?
Correct answer: Bass, snare, hi-hat
Bass, toms, snare
Toms, cymbal, snare
Q4.
Which part of the drum kit plays 'four to the floor'?
Correct answer: Bass
Hi-hat
Snare
Q5.
What is the term for when you move the same rhythm being performed to a different starting point?
ostinato
polyrhythm
Correct answer: rhythm displacement