Play 7-8 Time on Bass Guitar

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CASEY CORMIER: Okay. Now let us look at a more difficult signature than just 4/4 or 3/4 or even 6/8, 7/8. Seven eight is a very unnatural feeling, but it is used and you might encounter it in your playing, so you want to understand and be comfortable with it. Basically it is 7 eighth notes per measure, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. You can almost think of it as divisions of four and three: One, two, three, four, one, two, three, one, two, three, four, one, two, three. Now, if you are counting off to be playing in seven, you probably want to count off starting around five, six, seven; you wouldn't want out to take the whole time to go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. That is kind of a long process. Try just doing five, six, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. I will play something more simple to start off. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Try something like that. Try B, F sharp, B, F sharp, D, F sharp on the E, A, all as eighth notes, 7/8 timing. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one. Now, playing a popular bass line that is in 7/8, one that you might have heard before, we add some functions of eighth notes and dotted notes. [HUMS BASS LINE] B, B, F sharp, B, F sharp, A, B, D. Let us try to count it off as five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. With the metronome, with a slower tempo. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven [PLAYS THEN HUMS BASS LINE]. Notice that tight rhythm on that part. D, B, F sharp, B. These are 16th notes now. So try experimenting with playing something in 7/8.

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