my brothers a percussionist, I deal with this shit all the time
I'd definatly count to seven, we call "Sev" to avoid the double syllable. your accent's are on the 1,3,and 5. 6 and 7 are both down beat's
a good way to practice this type of timing is to clap the upbeats and stomp the down beats. it'll help imbed the timing in your gourd.
c=clap s=stomp
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
c - s - c - s - c - s - s
this is how I got comfatable with off time.
you can also try changing the accent pattern from 1,3,5 to 2,4,6 but this is a little harder
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
s - c - s - c - s - c - s
it's neat
do what now?
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