TOPIC: Rather than just let it die...

What I mean by the count is when you count 1,2,3,4, isn't that quarter notes you're counting? So it's played [C chord]: 1[C note] &[strum], 2[G note] &[strum], 3[C note] &[strum], 4[G note] &[strum]. The &'s are merely the eighth notes included mentally as a rythmn count because the strums are the &'s. I count the same as any one else(1234) but the value of that count is quarter notes meaning the strums are played on the and(&)of that count. The last lime I heard a classmate count, I silently kept that count in my head after he began and the band came in on 3 (twice). To me there were two more beats before the band should've come in. But I will take a backseat to this and follow the band ... geetar?... I need a hat

I think that if the count you're envisioning is quarter notes, you don't have space to inject eighth notes inbetween - in 4/4 time don't 4 quarter notes fill a measure? Maybe a question for FM. And I'm hurt, being accused of mispelling - when I wrote "cords", weren't we talking about tires?

Notes can be broken down infinitely. For example: A whole note (full measure) consists of 2 half notes or, 4 quarter notes or, 8 eighth notes or, 16 sixteenth notes or, 32 thirty second notes or, 64 sixty fourth notes or, 128 one hundred and twenty eighth notes ect. In our counting, we place a value on that count. I thought it was in quarter notes. A good example: 1 measure of quarter notes in 4/4 time are counted as 1,2,3,4. 1 measure of eighth notes is counted as 1&2&3&4&. 1 measure of 16th notes is counted as 1e and a 2e and a 3e and a 4e and a. The quarter note still gets the beat of the count. When we strum a guitar, I generally think of that rythmn as 1 strum 2 strum 3 strum 4 strum therefore, the subliminal count is 1&2&3&4& but we simply count 1234 with the & in rythmn. It's a mute point point really. Just play and have fun. That's what we do best.

I'm catching onto the sequences quicker since the instructor has been giving us the numerical sequence of chords. It seems easier to understand them the second time around. A simple 1-4-5 song can be played in any key but, a G-C-D song is that only. So for me to get that takes more concentration. A 1-4-5 is so simple that it can easily be interpreted ie; G-C-D, A-D-E, B-E-F#, C-F-G, D-G-A, E-A-B, and F-Bb-C. They are all 1-4-5 progressions! 7 different keys:blink: , 1 set of numbers:) Give me the numbers and I most likely will catch on quicker:silly:

WOW That has one heck of a topic. Are they all this long now? It's going to take me forever to get caught up! Seriously though, I agree.

I'm gonna start watch'n Hogpaws cause he always gets it right. I'll just copy him!