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Questions tagged [rhythm]

Movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.

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When counting in, why do people often do it at two speeds? (1_2_1234)

Something simple that I've found curious: When people 'count in' a tune, to get all the players ready to start at the same time, I often hear them do it first at half-speed, then at full speed. e.g. if the tune is in 4/4, and there are 4 characters…
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Is there a name for this famous “memeish” rhythm?

I wonder if there’s a name for the famous rhythm heard many times around the web. I’d like to know its origins but I can’t google it without a name. I wrote it down but I can’t describe anyway differently, so here it is: It should be one of the…
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Is there a name for a 3-3-2-2-2 rhythm?

I have a 12/8 rhythm that has beats on the x's below: 1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + + x x x x x I vaguely remember hearing a name for this years ago. Is it some kind of clave? Is there a name for it?
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Counting while Playing

The most important aspect of maintaining your rhythm is counting. And I can usually understand and/or count the rhythm when I take a look at the score. However, the problem begins when I start playing. If I focus too much on counting and rhythm may…
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Is it necessary to practice staying in time while improvising?

I've beatboxed for about 10 years and never thought about staying in time while improvising, and it sounds great. I can just make a beat and it sounds great without having any clue if what i just beatboxed was a 16 note or something else. Now, in…
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How can I count this unusual rhythm?

I want to be able to play this rhythm below. Here are my best attempts at notating it: My best attempt at a mnemonic (after trying all day, and going a little crazy) is: TAY-(toom) d-da-toom Tay-toom DAH-AAH toom TAY-AY too da-dum I was inspired a…
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How to play this rhythm precisely?

Could someone please teach me how to play this rhythm? The Medium Swing, two eighth notes equal to quarter note and eighth note triplet.
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Alternative or more advanced methods for counting rhythms

A standard way to count rhythm across bars is to pick a count for the beats in a bar and then use the first beat as the bar count. So in 4/4, counting quarter notes, one counts: One Two Three Four | Two Two Three Four | Three Two Three Four |…
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1 ta te ta counting

My music professor taught students a cool musical rhythm count-clapping system where "1 and 2 and" would rather be "1 te 2 te," and "1 e and a" would be "1 ta te ta," and I believe triplets were "1 ta te 2 ta te," though I'm not sure. Anybody know…
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Is this rhythm called a salsa or samba or something else?

Is there a name for this little beat? main: .--.|--.-|--.-|-.-- accompaniment: .-.-|.-.-|.-.-|.-.- (a dot is a hit and a dash is a rest) Sorry for the makeshift notation and lack of terms, I'm not doing a great job at conveying this…
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How to find the downbeat in a measure in a dance rhythm

I dance standard ballroom dances like the waltz, jive, and rumba. Except for the waltz, I have difficulty finding the downbeat of each new measure. Is there some system to find when each new measure starts?
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Why is an Offbeat not perceived as Onbeat?

Consider the percussion plays an Offbeat like 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 I wonder why it is so hard to interpret it as Onbeat, i.e. counting it like _ 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 I thought it might be because of the melody (i.e. vocals), which tends to be Onbeat. However…
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How do I count this rhythm? What is the name of this? It has a triplet but also an 8th note?

I'm learning some solos for guitar and it has this notation. I don't really know how to read it, but it would help if I knew what it was called. Is it a 16th note triplet with an 8th note at the end?
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Sextuplets in 6/8 time

I have a saxophone piece I have to learn that is in 6/8 time. It has 2 groups of sextuplets in each measure but they don’t have the 6 over them. How do I count this and how fast is it supposed to be.
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How to represent 5 eighth-notes as one note?

In a bar of 5/4 there are: 4 sixteenth notes (1 beat), a dotted quarter note (1.5 beats) which leaves me with representing 2.5 beats as one note (not a half note tied to an eighth note or other tied variations). So what single note should I write…
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