Breakdown?

randall · 01-01-2007, 10:33 PM

as above. what does it mean? like breakdowns in a song?

OzzyC · 01-01-2007, 10:36 PM

its basically an interlude

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breakdown, a section where the composition is deliberately deconstructed to minimal elements (usually the percussion or rhythm section with the vocal re-introduced over the minimal backing)all other parts having been gradually or suddenly cut out: "Breaks are for the drummer; breakdowns are for hands in the air" (Brewster and Broughton 2003, p.79).

DDDorian · 01-01-2007, 11:39 PM

If you're talking about breakdowns in the tough guy hardcore/metalcore sense they're probably referring to when the drummer plays a halftime beat and the other instruments play a one-note stop/start kinda riff, usually with a little harmonised trill or something at the end if they're more of a metal band. Basically, in the last few years they've been done to death so you probably want to avoid them at all costs.

jacksonknox27 · 01-02-2007, 12:18 AM

^ +1

when a metal band is playing something up tempo and then, sometimes unexpetedly, cuts the tempo into a slow and huge beatdown of a rhythm. The guitar parts usually follow the rhythm of the bass drum and are low palm muted notes. As long as bands dont run out of rhythms to play in a breakdown, i guess theyll still be around...

distressed_romeo · 01-02-2007, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DDDorian

If you're talking about breakdowns in the tough guy hardcore/metalcore sense they're probably referring to when the drummer plays a halftime beat and the other instruments play a one-note stop/start kinda riff, usually with a little harmonised trill or something at the end if they're more of a metal band. Basically, in the last few years they've been done to death so you probably want to avoid them at all costs.

Agreed. It's become just as overdone as the 'quiet verse to loud chorus' thing was during the nineties.

God Hand Apostle · 01-07-2007, 06:40 PM

Awsome analogy romeo! It's funny 'cause it's true.

Mastodon · 01-07-2007, 07:48 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLKxF7fBna0

The part at 3:30. Though it's at the end of the song as apposed to the middle or 2/3 through, it's pretty much what all metalcore or hardcore breakdowns sound like.

neon_black88 · 01-07-2007, 09:20 PM

In this part it sounds like the singer wants to fight, dont be scared the chorus will make it alright.

omentremor · 01-07-2007, 09:41 PM

i dont mind breakdowns. But I hate how overdone they are. I just listen to bands like unearth and try to forget how overdone those sections are, Beneath the massacre do AWESOME breakdowns. But in my own writing I avoid them. Everyone else has assesed them perfectly

Rayne Mann · 01-07-2007, 10:40 PM

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randall ss.org Regular Join Date: May 2006 Location: oooo Posts: 45 Thanked: 0	Breakdown? as above. what does it mean? like breakdowns in a song?

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