...play pentuplets/septuplets? (pentuplets are also known as quintuplets)
This honkey got no rhythm.
I made a midi (surprise surprise) with a 5 over 4 feel (i.e. pentuplets in 4/4) and it doesn't really help.
Anyone know a better way?
Start at a slow rhythm... 12345-22345-32345 etc.
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Go listen to Dave Brubeck's "Take 5"
or the beginning of Alan Parson's "I Robot"
Start at a slow rhythm... 12345-22345-32345 etc.
I try that and I lose count of the 4/4 happening underneath. I have no trouble with triplets, I just can't wrap my skull around quintuplets.
The idea is to count the beat no matter what happens... let's say you've got a measure that contains two eighths, four sixteenths, a pentuplet, and two eighths. Working with a metronome, start by counting
12345-22345-32345-42345
count it enough times this way so you've got the pentuplet against the beat sort of 'in your bones'. Then try to count the full measure:
1 and 2 e and a 3 2345 4 and
odd divisions take a lot of practice... in time you'll get it by feel as much as by count, squeezing that extra note in evenly.
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While we're on the subject of "odd" timings, has anyone got a clue about the time signature for "Whipping Post" by the Allman Bros?
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
It's in 12/8. The 2-bar intro can screw you up, though -- the first bar is 6/8, the second one 5/8... then it's 12/8 the rest of the way through.
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