pronidenis Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hi, can anybody explain what "funky 3-3-3-3-2-2 rhythm of the chords" means and how I can create this pattern in Logic piano roll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I really don't know what it is but it may just be this rhythm. The clip starts with the original version in 5/4 ( 3-3-2-2 ). The rhythm changes @ 0.17 to a more conventional meter of 4/4 that is subdivided in 3-3-3-3-2-2. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pronidenis Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks Eric, but I still don't really understand what those numbers (3-3-3-3-2-2) mean. I guess it's connected with notation and chord progression somehow but never met it before. Seems that google is not ready to answer either. This example is from a house track, so the meter is definetely 4/4. I think there have to be 6 notes triggered during 1 bar but what length and what position in a greed they have to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 It's just subdivisions. You have 16 16th notes on one measure of 4/4. So imagine now that you have accents on the first beat of the divisions. In your case it will look like this. ^ - - ^ - - ^ - - ^ - - ^ - ^ - Or imagine the length of the notes corresponding to your value. 3 = 3 16th notes length = dotted 8th note. 8th• 8th• 8th• 8th• 8th 8th Hope that makes it clearer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pronidenis Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Eric, it makes clear that I need to study this stuff more deep And if you have any suggestions (links, books etc) I would really appreciate. As I understand the "code" 3-3-3-3-2-2 tells the number of notes (6 in my case) and starting positions of those notes within 1 measure, and it should look like this: http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh616/pronidenis/1_zpsfce7cb8b.png And this is not correct, since the number of notes are more then 6, right? http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh616/pronidenis/2_zps82c7e2df.png Does the "code" 3-3-3-3-2-2 tells anything about the length of the notes? Does it have to be like in the first picture or the next is possible as well? http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh616/pronidenis/4_zpsad91da8e.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I think you got it. Only thing I don't agree about is the second picture. The screen shot with 16 notes is playing this rhythm with it's accents. What song in particular are you listening to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pronidenis Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 Thanks Eric, I'm trying to repeat a bass line part from a tutorial where it was asked to create a progression with funky 3-3-3-3-2-2 rhythm of the chords. That was the point where I got stacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflectingme Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I love weird rhythms and complex time sigs and have done a few pieces in 7/8 etc... I'd love to hear what you came up with here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efiebke Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Love that "funky 3-3-3-3-2-2" rhythm". That "rhythm" ain't new, though. Think, "Tin Man" by the group, America during the 1970s. This song is just one example of a tune artfully using that "3-3-3-3-2-2" rhythm. Enjoy the listen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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