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Hi, Mad_Wed!  In measure 6 of V1 I don't think you need to think in 12/8.  You can keep your brain in 4/4.  A couple years back someone told me to think of two 8th notes in 4/4 as making the word apple, like AP-PLE, all in the one beat.  A triplet in 4/4 is like the word chocolate, like CHOC-O-LATE, said in the one beat.  So, in measure 6, say it to yourself like::

AP-PLE CHOC-CO-LATE AP-PLE AP-PLE

Of course, don't bow on the syllable on the tie, but you get the idea of how to think of it to get the rhythm.

Fiddlerman, I hope I am not steering Mad_Wed wrong.  I think it works for me, though!

Leanna

Mad_Wed said
Aaaaand i'm having a question (or two XD)!

1) I'm mesmerized with V2. Measure 48: those are 64ths, aren't they? I've never played something that has so many lines, so i might be mistaken... And if those are 64ths, then first 8 notes in that bar should be played all in a duration of an 8th note (i'm still trying to count while playing =) - eternal war with my sense of tempo).

2) How do you guys switch your brains from 4/4 to 12/8 to play triplets? Especially in 6th bar of V1? Triplets are nice when they all triplets in one bar, but when it's only one triplet and the others are usual - it's brain-blowing-up! How do you count them?

Thanks a lot if somebody shares with the thoughts!