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My dudes, for some this might just help the rhythm penny drop - it really did for me. Once I saw this and then actually used the metronome/drum loop mindfully, I really started to develop confidence making music - regardless of my skill level on that instrument.

If you are interested/intrigued and would like to dig a bit deeper (or want to work through this topic slowly) - check out a thread I did on starting to learn bass and do check out the links I have there to Studybass - it's a awesome (free) resource.

Edit: You do not need a bass to go through anything I've posted! A guitar/uke/piano will work just fine too... 👍️

Very cool lesson and nice demonstration. I suspect that this concept comes more naturally to people who have learnt to read sheet music since it also breaks down the bar visually.

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    Yeti I kinda can read sheet music...at least to get an idea of rhythm. Though for the notes (Good Boys Do Fine Always), I literally have to sit and write out each one - that's a investment of time I never made.

    I can read drum notation (you know it's simple...insert drummer joke here) and this is sooo similar that it does help hammer home the concept. Especially for peeps using loopers...I found that I was ALWAYS rushing to the next one without feeling the 'space' between 4 and that next 1. If that makes sense.

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        V8 I can sing from sheet music (mostly about rhythm and intervals) but am in a similar boat when it comes to playing instruments from sheet music. I suspect that I'd be able to use it reasonably well for guitar within a few weeks if I were to put time into it.

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            Yeti I suspect that I'd be able to use it reasonably well for guitar within a few weeks if I were to put time into it.

            Wellll, you are a engineer..meaning that .you understand how to break down things into bite sized chunks and have experience in methodically working through it. A good friend is a maths teacher (similar mindset) and she's so adamant that it's super easy to get to sight-reading level. Me...I still write it out, but then I did get a teeeeny bit of insight from her attempts to teach me.

            After practice (loads n loads) you do start to recognize the patterns and shortcuts - particularly within genre's (Jazz, Classical) that yours fingers can intuit from much practice. I just haven't put in the hard yards.

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                V8 I get where you're coming from. I think that for me, I've understood it academically but will need to spend time to understand it intuitively, which you need for the sight reading.
                (and there we go again... side tracking a thread completely)

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                    Yeti and there we go again... side tracking a thread completely

                    Bwahahaha - indeed. Though, I reckon it's still relevant to the conversation - someone might have and aha! moment and connect the dots between the rhythmic aspect to sheet music (I find that useful) and what Anthony is demonstrating - I know I did 👍️

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