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3/4 time

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Wed, 09/06/2023 - 11:50
sparkyburp
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Hi All,

 

The blues songs I've come across in David's course are all in 4/4 time which is easy in terms of which foot to tap (left foot on beats 1 & 3, right foot on beats 2 & 4). I'm also learning non-blues stuff such as the harmonica part to Piano Man by Billy Joel. The thing is that foot-tapping isn't so straightforward with 3/4 time: the beat in each alternate bar is on a different foot (I hope I'm clear so far). Has anyone mastered keeping time using foot-tapping for 3/4 time and if so, how?

I'm thinking that using a metronome might be the only way to do it.

 

Mark.

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Wed, 09/06/2023 - 11:57
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Expert Winslow Yerxa
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Tapping in three

The easist tapping pattern for music in 3 is:Beat 1: left foot

Beats 2 and 3: right foot.

(reverse left and right if you choose).

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Thu, 09/07/2023 - 07:17
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3/4 time

Yes, that makes complete sense.

 

Thanks Winslow.

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