On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:34, Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@gmail.com> wrote:
Anders Dahnielson wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:13, Grammostola Rosea
> <rosea.grammostola@gmail.com <mailto:rosea.grammostola@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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.
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>     1         2           3         4          |    1        etc.
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>     1-2-3 1-2-3   1-2-3  1-2-3          1-2-3
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>     In blues they play often 1-*-3 1-*-3 1 etc
>     * = no hit
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>     or
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>     1             2          3               4          |   1       etc.
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>     1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4        1-2-3-4
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>     Hope this is more clear to someone ;)
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> That's triplets.
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> http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle/rhythms/r.triplets.html
> <http://www.izap.com/%7Epinnacle/rhythms/r.triplets.html>
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.

I also want to give a shout out to this resource: http://www.berkleeshares.com

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Anders Dahnielson
<anders@dahnielson.com>