What is a loop and why is it useful in making music?
The word “loop” has many meanings, but in this context it means a short segment of music, usually one or two bars long, that’s made so that when it’s repeated again and again it creates a “rhythmic groove”. It’s not necessary to play the music loops repeatedly but is a common quality they have, that they can be played that way. Many sound loops can be used this way to create a hypnotic sort of effect. Music loops are frequently more useful when they’re not being played back to back. Think of a music loop as a short “riff” played by a musician on his or her instrument. In most instances that phrase will not be repeated again and again in a song. So for most types of music stringing different phrases together is more appropriate. The fact that they are usually only a bar or two long makes them ideal for arranging and rearranging into songs. Using music loops is also a way of collaborating with a huge variety of musicians while keeping the cost and time consumption to a very small fractio
