Hi,
noob here. awesome site fun stuff!
Shouldn’t the count on the very first pattern in the Beginner Course be 1 & 2 & , not 1 a 2 a ?
Typically a beat is broken into 1 e & a 2 e & a etc… but in the video example for that exercise he uses “a” in the “&” spot.
What am I missing?
thanks!
Hey, you’re not missing anything!
I’m sorry about my counting. This is a stupid language thing since here in the Netherlands in “school” we count 1a2a3a4a for 8th notes. And we have a totally different way to count 16th notes.
So basically when I play a regular “8th note” beat (no 16th notes) I count it as 1a2a3a4a but it actually is 1&2&3&4&.
I’ve recorded so many videos and lessons now that I sort of cannot go back and correct this anymore.
I do count 16th notes and triplets correctly, so you can basically adhere to this rule to get through the lessons without too much trouble: If you see 1a2a3a4a it’s 8th notes.
There are some more stupid language things of which I learned after a couple of years I was doing them wrong. I use “crash” as a substitute for “cymbal” a lot and I say “downbeat” instead of “onbeat” and “afterbeat / upbeat” instead of “offbeat”.
So yeah… I think I am very thorough in teaching my method but there are some of these language things that show I never had a music education in English. So feel free to doublecheck if something is confusing. There will probably not be a lot that’s unclear, but some small things here and there.
I added a little info box to the first playing lesson in the Beginner Course to hopefully prevent future students from tripping over this. Thanks for reaching out about it.
Hi Robert,
Thanks very much appreciate your swift response!
have a good one.
Any time. Let me know if you need help or advice at any point.
