二步舞曲2-Step

二步舞曲（2-Step）是英国车库舞曲（UK Garage）最典型的发展方向之一。相对于英国车库舞曲，二步舞曲有两个明显的特征：一个是将前者稳定的四四拍变成游离的、不规则的碎拍；另一个是融入了更多灵魂乐（Soul）、节奏布鲁斯（R&B）等元素，让其更有都市感。所以也有一些此类风格的作品登上了流行榜单。

2步声音的主要特征之一（该术语被创造来描述“不符合车库的传统“四声”地面脉冲的各种紧张，不规则节奏的通用规则”）是这种节奏缺乏许多其他风格的电子音乐所具有的鼓音鼓模式，并且具有定期的四拍打节奏。典型的2步鼓模式会在第一个和第三个拍子上有一个底鼓，节奏打乱，或者在打击乐器的其他元素上使用三重奏，从而产生“颤抖，颤抖-放克的感觉”，并导致拍子与其他房屋或电子技术中存在的明显不同。尽管仅将两个脚鼓拍打到一个小节的音轨被认为比传统的四层地板拍慢，但通过在鼓中引入不寻常的军鼓位置和口音或散落的rim声，可以保持听众的兴趣。和木刻画，以及低音贝司线和打击乐器，例如打击垫和琴弦的打击乐器。乐器通常包括键盘，合成器和鼓机。

为扩展音乐风格而添加的其他乐器包括吉他，钢琴和牛角；这些添加几乎总是被采样。[需要引用]两步中使用的主要基于合成器的贝司线与该样式的祖先（例如UK garage）以及之前的鼓，贝司和丛林类似，但是受到放克和灵魂的影响也可以听到。2步车库中的人声通常是女性的，类似于家庭音乐或现代R＆B中流行的风格。一些2步制作人还处理和切割无伴奏合唱歌手的元素并将其用作音轨的元素。

就像其他来自英国车库的流派一样，MC经常被采用，尤其是在现场环境中，其声音风格让人联想到老式的丛林。评论家们还注意到了嘻哈，鼓和贝斯的影响，特别是硬步和技术步子流派。一些批评家还指出，与现场周围环境相比，现场环境具有明显不同，而在现场活动中的侵略性较小。

One of the primary characteristics of the 2-step sound – the term being coined to describe "a general rubric for all kinds of jittery, irregular rhythms that don't conform to garage's traditional four-on-the-floor pulse"– is that the rhythm lacks the kick drum pattern found in many other styles of electronic music with a regular four-on-the-floor beat.

A typical 2-step drum pattern features a kick on the first and third beat, with a shuffled rhythm or the use of triplets applied to other elements of the percussion, creating a "lurching, falter-funk feel", and resulting in a beat distinctly different from that present in other house or techno. Although tracks with only two kick drum beats to a bar are perceived as being slower than the traditional four-on-the-floor beat, the listener's interest is maintained by the introduction of unusual snare placements and accents in the drum patterns, or scattered rimshots and woodblocks, as well as syncopated basslines and the percussive use of other instruments such as pads and strings.

Instrumentation usually includes keyboards, synthesizers and drum machines. Other instruments added to expand the musical palette include guitar, piano and horns; these additions are almost always sampled.[citation needed] The primarily synth-based basslines used in 2-step are similar to those in the style's progenitors such as UK garage and before that, drum and bass and jungle, but influences from funk and soul can also be heard.

Vocals in 2-step garage are usually female, and similar to the style prevalent in house music or contemporary R&B.Some 2-step producers also process and cut up elements of an a cappella vocal and use it as an element of the track. Much like other genres derived from UK garage, MCs are often featured, particularly in a live context, with a vocal style reminiscent of oldschool jungle.

Influences from hip hop and drum and bass, particularly the hardstep and techstep subgenres have also been noted by critics. The fact that the scene had a significantly different atmosphere to those that surrounded precursors with less aggression at live events was also noted by some critics.