Open mike

Well on key board - hammond - you would certainly hear not just 2& but 1&2&3&4& to compliment it.

Almost like a double time ska rhythm on keyboard acting to create a squidgy kind of padding between the guitar skanks.

And bass line is often echoed by a guitar line playing the octave of the same melody.


That's the rhythm side of it in a nutshell - there are brass sections and backing singers and lead vocalists and guitarists and with all those variables, plus the simple reality of thousands of songs with unique lyrics and melodies, you have an artform not just a formula.

What we have so far is a means of recognizing it's detail rather than a formula for it's creation.

I once played with a bass player who said "well music's all numbers really isn't it."

He went after the first rehearsal.

Nice guy , but ... well ...