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Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:43 pm
by showa58taro
Slaughterhouserock wrote:To the musicians of the boards: do you actually count when playing? Like a song that's 4/4 time, do you count out the four? I've been playing bass for twenty-seven years and have never counted. I've been watching some youtube videos on music theory and shit, and they all talk about counting like it's normal. Am I just a weird fucker in not doing so? I mean, you learn the song, you play it. Why the fuck you gotta count?
Not a cool musician by any means but if you learn a song from notes and you haven’t heard it then counting makes it a lot easier to keep it together. I counted when playing the trombone. Just made sense to do so.
I guess if you know the song you can just play it but in theory the speed you play had to match the count.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:45 pm
by Slaughterhouserock
DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Honestly no, I don't. When I try I get confused and then my fingers fuck up. I just go with the feel, which is probably why I'm better off as a lead player than a rhythm player.
Yeah, I just always followed the drums. Drums are fast, I play fast, drums are slow, I play slow. If I'm playing by myself, I don't give a fuck how fast I'm going, I just play by ear.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:49 pm
by Slaughterhouserock
showa58taro wrote:Not a cool musician by any means but if you learn a song from notes and you haven’t heard it then counting makes it a lot easier to keep it together. I counted when playing the trombone. Just made sense to do so.
I guess if you know the song you can just play it but in theory the speed you play had to match the count.
I haven't played from sheet music since middle school. Even then, I just learned the song and played it. I hate playing to sheets. It's much easier to just learn the fucking song.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:59 pm
by showa58taro
Slaughterhouserock wrote:showa58taro wrote:Not a cool musician by any means but if you learn a song from notes and you haven’t heard it then counting makes it a lot easier to keep it together. I counted when playing the trombone. Just made sense to do so.
I guess if you know the song you can just play it but in theory the speed you play had to match the count.
I haven't played from sheet music since middle school. Even then, I just learned the song and played it. I hate playing to sheets. It's much easier to just learn the fucking song.
It is, I’m betting. For band it was essential to know the count at least. Doesn’t always make it cool though.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:37 pm
by Jmac Attack
I don't count. I've always just played by ear and by feel. I rarely even use tablature. If I am playing in odd time, I can feel the upbeat and when it kind of shifts.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:41 pm
by zombie
let's do another movie!
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 6:50 pm
by Tiggnutz
zombie wrote:let's do another movie!
Cant Walking Dead will be on soon
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:12 pm
by zombie
Tiggnutz wrote:zombie wrote:let's do another movie!
Cant Walking Dead will be on soon
maybe another time. i had your #6 must see flick in mind, anthropophagus. (known as grim reaper, on tubi)
also don't want to push out april fool's day. so that needs to be settled on too. i don't know.
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:27 pm
by Tiggnutz
zombie wrote:Tiggnutz wrote:zombie wrote:let's do another movie!
Cant Walking Dead will be on soon
maybe another time. i had your #6 must see flick in mind, anthropophagus. (known as grim reaper, on tubi)
also don't want to push out april fool's day. so that needs to be settled on too. i don't know.
Didn't know that was on Tubi maybe we can do that tomorrow
Re: April 5th 2020
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:29 pm
by zombie
maybe so. if we can get a group, during the week.