Bring on the Night
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Al Strange
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What a cool track?! The magic is in the accents. It’s essentially sixteenths but the rhythmatist/magician that is Stewart changes it up and adlibs around the theme. The core HH accents are on the ‘&’ of each beat...have fun with it and make it your own! 
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GoAndPractice
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If we're calling the kick drums 2&4, the high hat is playing 16th notes accenting on the & (with the bass guitar). The only indicator of beat one is the chord changes in the guitar part.
It's tempting for me to want to hear the hi hat accents as the downbeats. If you're hearing the downbeats in a weird spot too, I'd recommend listening to the second verse after counting through the first chorus.
"Sprits In The Material World" is another one of these.... so is "Hole In My Life".... I still cant feel that one correctly!
I think Dave Grohl went for this idea a bit on the Nirvana song "Milk It"
It's tempting for me to want to hear the hi hat accents as the downbeats. If you're hearing the downbeats in a weird spot too, I'd recommend listening to the second verse after counting through the first chorus.
"Sprits In The Material World" is another one of these.... so is "Hole In My Life".... I still cant feel that one correctly!
I think Dave Grohl went for this idea a bit on the Nirvana song "Milk It"
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Al Strange
Platinum Member
Stewart’s work with The Police never gets old...I’ve been listening to them for 42 years and they still blow me away!!
GretschedHive
Gold Member
Nearly 40 years down the road and I can't get "Spirits" quite right. I know where the 1 is, intellectually, but I can't feel it. Which means even if I get that all important lead-in to the chorus snare crack correct, it's not quite right.
Thank you.
Thank you.