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Thread #104212 Message #2133382
Posted By: M.Ted
25-Aug-07 - 01:36 PM
Thread Name: Playing in fives & sevens
Subject: RE: Playing in fives & sevens
Those Balkanics sound pretty intimidating! And they seem to be my neighbors, on top of that--they make me feel really old, too. I haven't been around Balkan music scene since some of these guys were babes in arms--
Anyway, Linda, it takes a bit of practice and patience to learn to sing play the guitar, no matter what kind of music you're playing.
Basically, when you learn something, you start out with the wrote learning one two three one two one two, that you have to consciously think about while you do it--after a while, you've mastered it, and it becomes something different, it is a feeling that you can pull out when you play.
You have to concentrate to do the 7/8, and when you start to sing, you have to concentrate on the singing, and you just revert to the 4/4, which you feel.
The solution is to keep practicing the 7/8 strum (down-up-down down-up down-up) until you can do it in your sleep. Don't stop just because you think you've got it, don't stop when you get bored. Keep doing it!
My suggestion is to get the metronome out, and work with playing and singing along with it--