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Hi Guys,
Today, a response video to my previous blog in regards to employing a pedal note.
What is the E Pedal Note?
This is just an open E string that can be plucked as the basis for holding time.
We can use simple quarter notes as our base and syncopate chords between them or play chords on different beats.
We can also double this with 8th notes
And of course taking it further with 16th notes:
To make this more interesting we can play on the off-beat:
And finally, “Mix” the Pedal note rhythms for rhythmic drive:
This is all good and well and extremely useful, but there is more………..
What makes this really useful is that we can play odd time signatures or uncommon time signatures along with alternate time signatures.
For this I am going to employ Indian “‘Teen Taal” and then break it up.
So, above we see the 16 beat cycle with the accented red numbers 1 5 9 13
Next, count this and accent those numbers and get a feel for the repeated cycle.
Now we will break this up:
We will only count up to 11 and then create a loop with our E pedal holding time in quarter notes. Remember the accents on 1 and 5 and 9.
This now gives us 11/4
From here we can develop and create our own patterns in 11/4 with the E pedal note holding time and our accents of 5 and 9 which tell us where we are in the bar or beat cycle.
Lastly, let’s mix two different time signatures together.
Here we have a group of 5 and a group of 7. Also, notice the rhythm in the bass with the E Pedal note.
From here you can create and develop easily what you want as this concept works really for the guitar and alternate time signatures and uncommon time signatures.
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