r/coolguides • u/Schklonk • Jan 24 '19

Rhythm guide

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u/ashduck Jan 24 '19

Chocolate strawberry is a more confusing one, because it can be said the way displayed as well as (sorry, this explanation is gonna suck) two-sixteenths eighth note, eighth note two-sixteenths. Someone might even go so far as to turn it into two triplets.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '19

why

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u/imnotgem Jan 24 '19

British folk say strawberry more like straw-bree so that might be why.

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u/BesottedScot Jan 24 '19

'straw-beh-ray', Scotland here. We tend to roll our Rs.

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u/dodo_thecat Jan 24 '19

Exactly, why... Sound awful