I enjoyed that micro lesson , As for keeping tempo, that’s all practice and tapping and learning how to keep a beat.. as for basic theory as the what’s here in ML57 , shared it already,, you can think dominant 7th chords..LEARN WHICH NOTES MAKE A MAJOR CHORD A DOMINANT 7TH CHORD also understand the SCALE that works with the dominant 7th chord .. it is the Mixolydian scale,.. also referred to by many as the dominant scale! All it means is a major scale with the flatted 7th note in major 7 note scale… flatted 7th note in a major chord makes a dominant 7th chord

John K wrote:

Help Anyone!

I get confused on how to actually count the Rhythm 1 for the Blues in Micro lesson 057 . First measure I am counting like this: “1, 2e&,3&,4 rest” , basically I am counting the first hammer on like “2e” and the subsequent low g note on the ‘and’ of 2. Second measure , no sweat here! Third measure I am counting as follows: ‘1, 2e&, 3e&, 4 rest’. Then the 7th measure as follows: ‘1&, 2e rest, 3&,4 rest’

What it boils down to, is basically, ” How do you count the hammer on for the G7?” To me it looks like notation for 2 eighth notes but I need three sounds. So I am striking the chord on ‘2’, hammering on the forth fret on ‘e’ then down pick the low g on the ‘and’ of 2. For the second G7 hammer on in measures 3 & 5, I am up picking the high g on the ‘and’ of 3, so sort of makes sense there.

Sorry to be so anal about this, but my timing always lags my ability to change chords etc… To me it sounds worse if I strike the correct note out of time then striking the wrong note in time.

So any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

John Kaineg

i was thinking ml59.. disregard ,, but ml 57 should be easy to follow and learn,, learn to tap your foot to the count

Hi , Ive just had a look at this lesson and I make it that the count is the same for each rhythm
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and , it’s just the different feel of each one that makes them sound apart . Hope this helps

Martin