What are you learning? (drum, house, Korn, guitarist, covers)

cardboard adolescent · 03-29-2006, 07:11 PM

I'm learning how to play in 12/8 time... just for kicks.

I think my guitarists are too lazy to learn to play in weird time signatures. I also don't think they'd see any reason to.

mosesandtherubberducky · 03-29-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

I'm learning how to play in 12/8 time... just for kicks.

I think my guitarists are too lazy to learn to play in weird time signatures. I also don't think they'd see any reason to.

What is the difference in timings? I know that is 12 beats to a bar and 8 bars to a measure but how does that change the rhythm of a song?

cardboard adolescent · 03-29-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mosesandtherubberducky

What is the difference in timings? I know that is 12 beats to a bar and 8 bars to a measure but how does that change the rhythm of a song?

Actually, it's 12 beats to a bar and each beat is an eighth note.

The time signature affects where the accents go, it's difficult to explain how exactly it changes the rhythm of a song, but Spoonman by Soundgarden (7/4, I believe, I can't think of any 12/8 off the top of my head) is a pretty good example of how the rhythm sounds... different...

I don't know. It makes music less boring. Somehow.

03-29-2006, 07:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	I'm learning how to play in 12/8 time... just for kicks. I think my guitarists are too lazy to learn to play in weird time signatures. I also don't think they'd see any reason to.