which is the composition of the beat? i mean kicks + drums + bass, or how?

i mean kicks + drums + bass, or how?

im conffuse, i dont know if claps and drums its the same or if claps and kicks are the same

help!

Kicks ARE drums. They are called Kick Drums because they are the big bass drum that the drummer uses his feet to play.

I think you might be getting bass sounds (ie, bass lines, as played by a bass guitarist) and bass drums confused...

Bass sounds (think the intro to Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes), make a kind of dummmmm-dummmm sound.

Bass Drums (Kicks) make a DUFF-DUFF-DUFF-DUFF sound (think the intro to most house tracks).

So, a typical drum pattern mught consist of:

Kick Drums (Kicks)
Snare Drums
Hi-Hats (closed and open hi-hats)
Hand Claps

Hand Claps and snare drums are usually interchangeable.

There are also LOADS of additional percussion sounds that go along with your Kick/Snare/Hat combos.

But to be honest, mate, all this is REALLY easy to learn using Google.

In an introduction to house music, for example :

rhythm : 1-2-3-4

kick-kick-kick-kick

then I'll add a snare:

kick- snare - kick- snare

then what I have to add for making a complex beat ? Thank you!

Patch is perfectly correct in everything he states.

The one point I would add is that in music theory - which in this case applies to both DJing & music production - the beat is part of the 'time signature' of a song.

Almost all modern dance music has a kick drum sound on every 'beat'. So each DUFF-DUFF-DUFF-DUFF sound Patch talks about is a 'beat'.

Four beats then makes a 'bar'. In music theory this is known as a 4/4 time signature - and accounts for 99% of modern music you will listen to.

Spend 10 minutes watching this video; it explains beats / bars / phrases nice and simply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFcml2J5ElE