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PDWAB · 10-10-2005, 08:21 PM

This is the way I look at it:

Rock is based on the 8th note. Listen to some standard rock and roll song and sing "1 and 2 and" and it will feel right.

Then there's stuff like jazz and shuffle which based on triplets, you can sing "1 and a 2 and a" and it will feel right.

But most of the funk I like is based on the 16th note. If you want the groove to feel right, I think, you have to be able to go "1 e and a 2 e and a" etc. Having it based off the 16th note lets it have lots and lots of syncopation which really drives the grooves along. But that's just me.

10-10-2005, 08:21 PM	#7
PDWAB Rock It Out Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: University of Washington Posts: 17,675	This is the way I look at it: Rock is based on the 8th note. Listen to some standard rock and roll song and sing "1 and 2 and" and it will feel right. Then there's stuff like jazz and shuffle which based on triplets, you can sing "1 and a 2 and a" and it will feel right. But most of the funk I like is based on the 16th note. If you want the groove to feel right, I think, you have to be able to go "1 e and a 2 e and a" etc. Having it based off the 16th note lets it have lots and lots of syncopation which really drives the grooves along. But that's just me.