Q&A: Recognizing Time Signatures by Ear?
Lesson #505 • Aug 1, 2023
Hey there, friends! Here’s a community Q&A video for July 2023, where I answer a handful of questions recently posted in the forum over on my songnotes.net website. To everyone who posted these questions – I hope you find these answers helpful!
- 0:00 Introduction
- 0:35 Counting Beats in Each Measure?
- 5:30 Star Spangled Banner in 4/4 Time?
- 7:07 Walk-Downs: Slow vs Quickly?
- 11:56 Country Honk Rhythmic Bassline?
- 16:21 LA Freeway Chorus Strumming?
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Lessons I Mention
Other Videos I Mention
Whitney Houston singing the Star Spangled Banner. Notice how it’s in 4/4 time! She’s usually adding the extra beat on to the third word (or syllable) of each line.
Here’s Jewel singing the Star Spangled Banner, also in 4/4 time. The bass strings on her guitar are a heplful way to follow the quarter notes.
Finally, the Adam Neely video I reference. The first 6 minutes includes plenty of very helpful instruction on the topic of time signatures and rhythmic pulse.
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