[LAU] drum notation 3-beat vs 4-beat

[Grammostola Rosea]

Anders Dahnielson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:34, Grammostola Rosea 
> <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com <mailto:rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Anders Dahnielson wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:13, Grammostola Rosea
>     > <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
>     <mailto:rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Ray Rashif wrote:
>     >     > At the beginning of the bar; time signature. Normally you
>     don't see
>     >     > the time signature on every bar because it's the same as the
>     >     previous.
>     >     No I don't mean 3/4 or 4/4.
>     >
>     >     1         2           3         4          |    1        etc.
>     >
>     >     1-2-3 1-2-3   1-2-3  1-2-3          1-2-3
>     >
>     >     In blues they play often 1-*-3 1-*-3 1 etc
>     >     * = no hit
>     >
>     >
>     >     or
>     >
>     >     1             2          3               4          |   1  
>         etc.
>     >
>     >     1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4        1-2-3-4
>     >
>     >     Hope this is more clear to someone ;)
>     >
>     >
>     > That's triplets.
>     >
>     > http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle/rhythms/r.triplets.html
>     <http://www.izap.com/%7Epinnacle/rhythms/r.triplets.html>
>     > <http://www.izap.com/%7Epinnacle/rhythms/r.triplets.html>
>     >
>     http://www.studybass.com/lessons/rhythm/the-eighth-note-triplet-subdivision/
>     >
>     Ah ok, thanks.
>
>
> Just FYI, eight-note triplets in 4/4 can also be notated as three 
> regular eight-notes in 12/8, but that's slightly over course.
Ok, good to know.
>
> I also want to give a shout out to this resource: 
> http://www.berkleeshares.com
Thanks, looks like a great resource!