Tips for Transcribing Rhythm

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CASEY CORMIER: So, you can play along with the metronome. I did draw this at the wrong place here, so always make sure you are double-checking your work. Okay, so this is where the measure happens, [SINGS MELODY]. Sounds like one-and, two-and, three so this is a dotted quarter. one-and, two-and, three, [SINGS MELODY], one-and, two-and, three-and, and this is another dotted quarter. It just happens on the "and" and is surrounded by a three-and, and this is the four-and, so this is [SINGS MELODY] two eighth notes. [SINGS MELODY]. Now this is another dotted quarter note, [SINGS NOTE], one-and, two-and, three, one-and, two-and, [SINGS MELODY]. Well, if we can't figure this out, we know that the 10th fret happens on the 4th beat, so we know something in between that is going to have to fill in. Well, if this is 1-1/2 beats and this is 1 beat, that's 2-1/2, you needs something that's going to take up another 1-1/2 to add to 4, a lot of math involved, but that will be another quarter, dotted quarter note. So finding these kind of pulses will help you, and the rhythm is written above and you know it repeats a lot of times, and you can throw a repeat sign in there. And now you can go about the rest of your day and be able to come back to this line later and read it and figure it out again. Just in tablature. So, that's how to transcribe simple lines.

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