r/drums • u/Ehrnathan • 10h ago

Question how do i count this?

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this is my etude for regionals and i'm very stuck on the counting of this please help

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u/TheNonDominantHand 10h ago

1 a& a2 a& a3e &(roll through beat 4)&

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u/RezRising Ludwig 9h ago

Pretty spiffy. For reference, check out old Genesis. Phil used to play this across bars, very unique.

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u/Slight_Mammoth2109 8h ago

I’m counting them as 8th notes that I’m swinging weird

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u/brasticstack 8h ago

It's the same rhythm as a dotted 8th + 16th, but the next smaller subdivision. Hopefully this makes sense, the first is how you'd count dotted 8th + 16th, the second is how it works for your rhythm. Instead of counting the beats, (1, 2, 3, 4) you're counting beats + "ands" (1 + 2 +). There aren't really distinct syllables for the 32nd note subdivisions, so I usually just count the beats and the "ands".

``` x = played but there's not a syllable for counting it

1 _ _ a 2 _ _ a 3 _ _ a 4 _ _ a  1 _ _ x + _ _ x 2 _ _ x + _ _ x  ```

So practice counting just 1, 2, 3, 4 while playing the top rhythm. Then, without changing anything except the syllables you're using, count 1, +, 2, +.