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RE: counting question

Author: Dee
Date: 2000-04-07 12:08

These really need to be spaced so that they are even if they are just marked as seven notes within the beat.

How do you count it? Well I don't really know. There's two different approaches that work for me. If the music is not too fast, I just go {1 2 3 4 5 6 7} all within the beat.

If it is fast, I first practice slow to get the feel of the even spacing and then gradually speed it up. At a certain point, I quit trying to count it and just play the seven notes within the beat relying on the previous practice to keep it even.

Mental visualization helps too. When I drop the counting, I think in terms of starting the first note and then "landing" on the next beat at the right time and note. It helps keep it in tempo if I consider the next beat as the target note that can not be reached too soon or too late.

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