To me, these appear to be identical. I have seen some blues shuffles written using either of the above (more commonly 4/4 with triplets). What am I missing?
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Nothing really. Writing it in 12/8 time is simply a way of avoiding having all those triplet makers all over the place and conveniently makes you think in a three-time feel rather than a four.
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A :-)
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Alan, thanks!
--vink
"Life is either an adventure or nothing" -- Helen Keller
Speaking of triplets.. Does anybody have a sound sample of a basic blues shuffle? I am not sure if I'm getting it right and would like to check it out. Maybe a well known song where it's very obvious?
oktay
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"Life is either an adventure or nothing" -- Helen Keller
Thanks. I'd seen that before but now it makes more sense :)
oktay
Yea the difference is only in the way that it's written and counted -- the rhythms sounded will be the same. This is also common in other time signatures, such as the difference between 3/4 and 6/8
Yea the difference is only in the way that it's written and counted -- the rhythms sounded will be the same. This is also common in other time signatures, such as the difference between 3/4 and 6/8
4/4 and 12/8 are actually counted the same way - four beats. 3/4 is counted as three beats, but 6/8 is usually counted as two beats divided into triplets (unless the piece is very slow)
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