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Singing Drummers & Jazz Flute

Strong Songs

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How to Notate a Song in 4-8?

Randy: I have two songs that I'd like to trouble you with, one that I'm more sure of than the other. First, Randy described Eternity by Built to Spill. He says he thinks it's a measure of 4-8 followed by two measures of 6-8. That's how the groove is being subdivided but actually this song is just in 4-4. So yeah no need to overcomplicate things that song is in 4-Four just has a slightly unusual groove, that's a cool song. Alright so Jeff's second question is about the song built by say anything. His questions are about the end of the song and whether they're playing with the

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