Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Thirty-three seconds and nine bars

Began transcribing Kinky Reggae this morning and got a huge thirty three seconds into the song (3 minute 39 seconds long), and that's just the intro. Already I've written a fill with a ruff in it; eight bars of rhythm based on half-time one drop; seemingly random cross-stick played in time with the one drop (beat three on the bass drum); a light cymbal note together with some hi-hat snatches; a nice triplet-y fill leading into the first verse - in short, every bar is different.

That's fifteen minutes of repeated listening. I think its best to limit my transcription time to that or else I'll get fed up! Which defeats the object. So far I've had an education, and that's just the intro on its own alone. I've not got to the really expressive stuff yet!

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