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Originally Posted by mattbn73
Yeah, syncopated 6/8 (or 12/8) feel, but it swings as well. One of the more difficult feels to learn.
Where are you at now? Can you convincingly play a straight 6/8, all down strums?
That's the "step one" feel IMO. After that,
- straight 16ths, using upstrokes in between
- swung 16ths the same way
Then, syncopation of the same...
(Accent the downbeat and the "and" of 2 etc...)
Of course, none of this works in text form.
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Well, I'm kinda happy to know it's a little difficult.
Straight is no problem, so it's the swing/syncopation that's giving me trouble. Not the playing so much as the hearing/counting. If this were straight 6/8, I don't think I would have been confused by it. Can you help me hear/define/count the difference? Where in the count is he using that percussive hit?