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08 Feb 2013, 4:58 pm

I personally like music with a strong, distinctive, possibly quirky beat.

The reason for asking this question is that I'm super curious - does anyone like music without a beat, or do any of you even dislike music with a beat? If so, why?

(my personal preferences are rock/pop, remixes, some hip hop, etc)



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08 Feb 2013, 5:11 pm

Depends on my mood, really. There's good and bad music of both kinds.


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08 Feb 2013, 7:41 pm

It bothers me if music doesn't have an intended beat and it doesn't sound good that way. I don't mind the beat changing, but I also don't mind music without a specific beat that flows beautifully. I guess it depends.


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08 Feb 2013, 10:17 pm

I prefer to listen to music that has a beat, guitars, a bass and the odd organ. 8)


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09 Feb 2013, 12:31 am

A good beat is a must for the majority of songs that I listen to. There are some very good songs without beats (particularly when I'm feeling moody), but I generally tire of them much more quickly than I tire of my techno and hip-hop music.



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09 Feb 2013, 4:46 am

I'm a DJ, and I love music with good beats!

My favorite (yet its too cheesy) Beats-per minute (BPM) is at 128


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09 Feb 2013, 4:51 am

With a beat hehe and now heres an amv of pinnochio singing crank that soulja boy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUM6NLeWQDc[/youtube]


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09 Feb 2013, 6:32 am

AspieOtaku wrote:
With a beat hehe and now heres an amv of pinnochio singing crank that soulja boy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUM6NLeWQDc[/youtube]


Oh gosh I remember when that song came out... I used to listen to it all the time. :oops: Now that I'm an adult I find it kind of annoying and I wonder why I ever liked it in the first place...



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09 Feb 2013, 7:32 am

Is there music that does NOT have a beat?

Obviously some music has more of an emphasis on the beat than does others ( usually the tradeoff is beat at the expense of melody, or vice versa).

But is there music that is totally a-rythmic?

Can someone give examples?

Maybe operatic music- arias- and the like- are for practile purposes-without a beat. You dont listen to Le Mis for the funky beat of the music I suppose.



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09 Feb 2013, 8:01 am

I think most us who are DJ's prefer music with a good beat... :lol:


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09 Feb 2013, 9:28 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Is there music that does NOT have a beat?

Obviously some music has more of an emphasis on the beat than does others ( usually the tradeoff is beat at the expense of melody, or vice versa).

But is there music that is totally a-rythmic?

Can someone give examples?

Maybe operatic music- arias- and the like- are for practile purposes-without a beat. You dont listen to Le Mis for the funky beat of the music I suppose.


This is probably one of the first ones that come to mind. There are lots of them, though.


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10 Feb 2013, 4:16 pm

If it has a good solid beat then of course i like it also with some bass and a nice melody to go with it.



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10 Feb 2013, 6:11 pm

With. Nothing more.


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10 Feb 2013, 8:03 pm

I personally prefer music with a beat to it. I'm more about the music than the lyrics.



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10 Feb 2013, 8:15 pm

No beats please!!



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11 Feb 2013, 6:48 am

i like all music that is NOT rap/hiphop or what passes for country in the last 30 years or so. there is a place for both rhythmic and non-rhythmic musics, each has a different purpose, a different story to tell.