Would I be counting this bar out correctly?
Where I added the count for 4/4 time?
This is a segment of two bars of a practice piece that alternates between strumming and melody lines. I want to keep the strumming hand in an up and down motion, even where there are no notes or chords, which sadly is fairly new to me as I didn't originally learn it that way. I learned almost all fingerpicking. But I am correcting that! https://i.imgur.com/fRtxcKLm.png |
Looks like the way I learned to count it.
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Look right to me. In 4/4: a stemmed hollow note head is 2 beats (1-and-2-and), a stemmed and dotted solid note head is 1.5 beats (3-and-4) and a stemmed solid note head with a flag is 0.5 beats (-and).
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but it has been an awfull long time since I had a teacher looking over my shoulder saying no count it like this, my thinking is the way you have counted gives the impression that the 4th beat is silent like a rest but it's not it's a continuation of the note played on the 3rd beat. |
You are correct.
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The way I work these out is to imagine a metronome set to click every 8th note in a 4 beat bar, the half note gets 4 clicks, the dotted 1/4 note 3 clicks, the final 8th note 1 click = 8 clicks and all clicks need to be counted.
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Thank you for your comments!
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I agree with counting it as:
1&2&3&4& |
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Always count by the smallest increment you'll play or sing, which is usually an 8th note, occasionally a 16th note if really fast and syncopated. Clapping out the beat is usually easier than strumming it, if you need to get the groove first.
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Thanks! Great tips although strumming muted strings works well for me for getting the groove. |
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Good deal. Muted strums are good for grooving period. Your next mission, should you choose to accept it: The Bo Diddley beat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Diddley_beat |
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