How to find the beat in any track
September 1, 2026 · Juan Colmenares · 6 min read
Most people looking for the beat are listening for the loudest sound. That is usually the snare, which is not the 1.
Listen for the kick instead. In reggaeton it is the low thud that repeats in a pattern you can walk to. Put your weight down on it. That is the 1.
Once you can find it standing still, try it walking. Then try it while doing nothing else at all, in a supermarket, with headphones on. It stops being a thing you calculate and becomes a thing you feel.
Reading about it only gets you so far.
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