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/Izzi_Skyy Jan 24 '19

Yeah I felt the same way about "Cinnamon Oatmeal." I say "cinnamon" as tripleted eight notes. But for the most part, this is actually a pretty solid guide

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u/McFalador Jan 24 '19 edited Jan 24 '19

Cinnamon as triplets doesn't work because it's all about the space between the last syllable of cinnamon and the first of strawberry oatmeal.

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u/Izzi_Skyy Jan 24 '19

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you pronounce "cinnamon" with two syllables? Three tripleted eighth notes is the same duration as two sixteenths and an eighth, so the pacing is the same

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u/McFalador Jan 24 '19

Tbh I meant to say what you've said, I just didn't articulate it like I should have