I challenge anyone to find a lesson in any format anywhere that explains this concept in a more complete and clear way. Can't thank you enough for this exceptional lesson.
I found this EXTREMELY illuminating and helpful. I write a lot of songs (rock, folkrock, etc), but I also write musicals, which is a whole different world, and which requires notation (unlike folk/rock, where I can rely on just playing my guitar the way I want it to sound). When, like Lady Madonna, I hear the music playing in my head, it has often been a struggle to notate it correctly in Sibelius (I tend to create odd syncopations and strange rhythms). As a result, I have been forced to compromise on occasion when all my efforts failed to produce a set of notes that corresponded to that internal melody. I really feel this approach has opened a whole new avenue for making that more realizable. Thanks!
This is so good, I don't understand why this doesn't have more views. There are some really stupid videos that have over a million views, and this one doesn't have 100k. Really really helpful and thoughtful. I will watch all your videos.
Yo, love your videos. Please keep making them. Helping me understand more and more as I keep learning. Keep working, your helping more than you even realize.
I'm older but new to playing music. I like to play music, meaning enjoy music but to be good at it means having to work. The way you explained the work part of transcribing made it fun which means doable. Excellent explanation. I now have a way to practice (work) on my music while away from my instrument. It's like solving a puzzle, now that I can recognize the pieces I can construct a song visually . Thanks.
It was really nice demonstration of Even meters, I guess you should continue with part B: Odd meters (3/4,7/4) and then Part C: Triplets and Swing 8th...
Just being able to do that 6-note subdivision so fast with your "mouth hi-hat" at 4:29 is impressive. 😀 It's hard to do with the tongue. Seriously! I have trouble determining whether to write something in cut time and sometimes even have trouble reading cut time. I understand what it is, but when I read 2/2, I'm still thinking in 4/4 and it throws me off. I was always told that cut time SOUNDS the same as 4/4, but is usually used when a piece is faster, and instead of writing a bunch of 32nd or 64th notes, cutting everything in half makes it easier to read. I also sometimes have trouble figuring out how to transcribe tunes that change meters every few measures or so. I can play them; I just can't write them. Then, of course, there are the really weird meters... Btw, here's a fun one by the Yellowjackets you might enjoy. No weird meter -- it's just in 4/4 -- but one of those tunes with a deceptive rhythm in the intro. In this tune, the deceptive rhythm is created by the beat on which the bass comes in against the straightforward rhythm the guitar is playing. It's an aural illusion: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Aej5YiWW4Q8.html Anyway, great video. Thanks for posting it!
I am confused how to transcribe this, or what rhythm this is: metronome set to 120 BPM 4/4, hihat on 16ths, kick on 1 and the and of 4 (simplified), and the snare only on 3. It gives a trap/hiphop halftime feel.. 8/12?
Is it me or 9:27 ... does the yellow square start about a 1/16th slower than the music ..this whole video was awesome, but it's messing with my head now
@@Shedthemusic Well, let me say again, it was an AWESOME video . Exactly what I needed this morning! .. it such a minor thing & if I'm the only person who noticed in 4 years, your good haha. You had me watching so intently till the very end!
Helpful video, but extremely frustrating to be asked to listen to and memorize a snippet of music and then have someone talking over it the entire time.
