Bump.
been twanging away for almost 6 months (oh er missus) - and having 30 minute lessons once a week. got a few chords sorted - changes are still very slow though.
One thing im struggling to grasp is beat or rhythm - my instructor refers to it as 1 2 3 & 4 - and the and 4 bits has be done quite quickly - can't suss it - can't find much online about this technique either - anyone got links to such a tutorial ?
Quite a lot of music is written as 4 beats in a bar (the 1,2,3,4). To differentiate between whole beats and half beats it's common to use "and". If we take the proclaimers:
1...2........3.........4.......1.........2 .....3 .......4.....1....2........3.......4........1...........2.....3.......4....&...1.....2.....3.....4
I would walk five | hun - dred miles and | I would walk five |hund - red more just to |be the man to |
Most of it is just (1,2,3,4 - crotchet beats), but in the fourth bar "just to" is two half beats (quavers), so this could be called as "four and".
A 1,2,3% 4 would be Tum Tum Te Te Tum.
Just to complicate matters you can also specify "swung" quavers.
This makes the same phrase Tum Tum Tuuum te Tum.
Finally, you can try to spot the beats in songs to get a better understanding:
The first and third beats are the strong beats, the second and fourth the weak. So:
I would
walk five
hun dred
miles and
i would
walk five
hun dred
more just to
be the
man to
Usually in songwriting you try to make sure the importand words are on the strong bea
Hope that helps...