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user99
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How do I correct count?
on: July 31, 2013, 10:43:56 AM
Hello,
If I have 4/4 bars like this. How do I correct count?
I use my foot to beat the quarter on 1, 2, 3, 4
Do you count this:
1-2, 3, +, 4 / 1, e, +a, 3, 4
or
1+2+, 3, +, 4+ / 1, e, +a, 3+, 4+
to explain what I want to ask is: Do you count the quater notes 1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ or simply 1, 2, 3, 4 if the bars are combinated with quarters, half notes, 8th notes, and so on.
Thanks for your help.
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dima_76557
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Re: How do I correct count?
Reply #1 on: July 31, 2013, 11:05:41 AM
Here is an online resource where you can enter the note values, see how the counting is done and hear the results:
https://www.philtulga.com/counter.html
Just scroll down the page and you will see the player.
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timothy42b
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Re: How do I correct count?
Reply #2 on: July 31, 2013, 11:40:48 AM
It would depend on if I were playing or teaching. Playing I might not count something this straightforward, but with one of my groups I would subdivide it:
1-ee-and-uh-2-ee-and-uh 3 and 4
1-ee-AND, 2 3, 4.
Subdivision is the key to precision, and doing it in the first measure helps you start the second measure fast enough.
Also, when I count out loud for students I usually clap along.
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