Ever wondered why the Amen break is so popular?
The Amen break is a drum solo performed in 1969 by Gregory Cylvester Coleman in the song "Amen Brother" performed in the late 1960's funk and soul outfit The Winstons.
In this post i asked a good friend of mine Lee from The Dirty Rich http://www.thedirtyrich.com/ to give us an explanation and in depth analysis into "why the Amen break is so popular" and its connection with the Golden ratio or otherwise known as "God's thumbprint".
The Golden Ratio is a beautiful mathematical relationship that frequently appears in nature on every level of creation; including atomic structures, spiral galaxies, seashells and the rings of Saturn.
It is closely linked to the Fibonacci Sequence 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34… where every number is the sum of the two before it; click the link below to watch a video showing some of it’s natural occurrences:
Due to it’s perpetual prevalence, from the beginning of the universe to the very edge of it, this magical number has been nicknamed, ‘God’s Thumbprint’, and has been used for millennia by artists, architects and musicians trying to emulate natural harmony.
In music:
· Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Schubert and Bach are a few that have applied the golden section to their masterpieces.
· Gregorian Chants were based on 6 Solfeggio Frequencies, which have a magical healing resonance on the human mind, body and soul:
UT – 396 Hz – Liberating Guilt and Fear
RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change
MI – 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)
FA – 639 Hz – Connecting/Relationships
SOL – 741 Hz – Awakening Intuition
LA – 852 Hz – Returning to Spiritual Order
RE – 417 Hz – Undoing Situations and Facilitating Change
MI – 528 Hz – Transformation and Miracles (DNA Repair)
FA – 639 Hz – Connecting/Relationships
SOL – 741 Hz – Awakening Intuition
LA – 852 Hz – Returning to Spiritual Order
Here is a link to a harmonic mediation video for MI:
· The ‘Amen Break’ is the most widely used and influential drum sample of all time, appearing in all types of popular music and spurring entire genres of dance music. Click the link below for a detailed breakdown of how it measures up:
Watch the links below to make the links yourself:
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