Ricardo -> RE: Bulerías basic timekeeping. (Dec. 23 2004 21:23:54)
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Just to add to some stuff above, the important thing is no matter how you count or accent, if you are using 12 numbers, understand the symmetry of the phrase. 12,1,2,3,4,5 feels the same as 6,7,8,9,10,11. These two entities don't need to fit together, you can leave one out or repeat the feel of the other one. Saying 12,2,4, is really the same feeling as 6,8,10, regardless if it repeats or not. If it DOES, it seems silly to count "6,7,8,9,10,11-6,7,8,9,10,11", even though that is the feeling. The half compas is where the 12s become a "straight jacket" as Estela says. You don't want to "think" about anything when you are playing. I teach the student how to play the rhythm and to tap their foot, long before I tell them the counts the silly dancers like to use for choreography. Once they can actually play something, then the need for "where the counts line up in the music" makes sense and becomes useful. If you are just learning, forget "counting". Learn a strumming pattern first or how to do palmas to the music. Learn to tap your foot and play w/ a metronome. When you are ready for a dance class, the teacher may be counting so much you will have no choice but to "ingrain" the counts against what you are playing. "Siete Ocho Nueve Diez Y!" Man you will be sick of it after a while! Ricardo
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