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  Belushi Blues counting question.

  Posted by PickinmyPocket on October 18, 2024 at 10:24 am

  Can someone explain the counting Tony does on measures 9 and 10? Shouldn’t it be “trip” “A” “let”, “trip a let” etc. rather than 1 and 2 and?? His counting makes no sense for the way the music is written. Advise please, anyone??

  PickinmyPocket replied 1 year, 5 months ago 5 Members · 5 Replies
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  Paul_B

  Member

  October 19, 2024 at 9:21 am

  Hi Michael,

  The answer is yes trip-a-let the way it is written. You could just play 2 notes per beat as log as you keep the swing beat that Tony talked about in the lesson where the “a” in triplet is implied not played. I played around with playing the first 6 measures playing all 3 notes in the triplet. It’s fun to play around.

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  jumpinjeff

  Member

  October 19, 2024 at 9:43 am

  oh man did I struggle with this @PickinmyPocket , That swing feel can be diagrammed and explained but it was easier for me to mess around with and get it by feel. Clear your mind of all thoughts and focus on that feel. Can you hum the beat. Even finger tapping on a table becomes a useful endeavor. Many of my favorite songs use this triplet variation to get the cool sound I love. As frustrating as it it…it is worth working through.

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    petelanger

    Member

    October 19, 2024 at 10:50 am

    I agree, I find it easiest to just recite the beat in my head before I start playing. It’s definitely not a ONE – AND -TWO

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  Av8tormike

  Member

  October 20, 2024 at 4:18 pm

  Thanks for your question. I thought I was the only one who didn’t get it.

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  PickinmyPocket

  Member

  October 21, 2024 at 8:03 am

  Thank you everyone! I thought I was going nuts…..

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