Straight Eigtths and Shuffle Eightths

[Sho-Bud]

I play in a country band. So I'm usually playing two-beat country (root and fifth) or Walking Bass (quarter notes ).

Chuck Berry "Johnny Be Goode" Straight Eightths.

Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands To Yourself"
Shuffle Eightths???

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[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by Sho-Bud

Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands To Yourself"
Shuffle Eightths???

Nope. Straight eighths as well.

[Willem]

I've never heard about shuffle eights. Could someone enlighten me what those are? Thanks

[mccartneyman]

Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

Nope. Straight eighths as well.

Agreed. Just did this song at church. Yes, church.

[mccartneyman]

Originally Posted by Willem

I've never heard about shuffle eights. Could someone enlighten me what those are? Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIu0jQ5TaRQ

I might play this a bit more staccato, but this is the idea.

[Chris K]

I (+ most of the guys I play with) use to call those uneven eights.

[pedroims]

Originally Posted by Willem

I've never heard about shuffle eights. Could someone enlighten me what those are? Thanks

hard to explain but easy to identify, think in straight eights the notes are exactly divided by 8 1 - and - 2 -and -3 -and- 4 -and, shuffle eights think in a eight note triplet and notes falling in the 1 and 3 of the triplet 1 e -and, 2 e -and , 3 e -and , 4 e - and ..

[nysbob]

Well, that's a pretty good description of 6/8.

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by mccartneyman

Agreed. Just did this song at church. Yes, church.

Well, it is about chastity and abstinence, fidelity, marriage, true love and sin.

[tomas_almeida]

I call that eights in swing, but I guess it's the same thing.

[chadhargis]

Lido Shuffle is a great song. Fun to play for sure.

I also like "Lowdown". Good, but simple, bass line in that song.

[pedroims]

Originally Posted by nysbob

Well, that's a pretty good description of 6/8.

thats why I said is hard to explain, technically swung 8's are the equivalents of the first and the last note of a triplet, is a lazy-sounding eight note very easy to recognize in blues, you hold the first eight note a little more than the second eight, in straight eight notes both have same duration.

This my understanding:

Eights note shuffle in 4/4 ONE BAR

1 & A, 2 & A, 3 & A, 4 & A

6/8 THREE BARS

1 & a 2 & a / 1 & a 2 & a / 1 & a 2 & a

[nysbob]

Originally Posted by pedroims

thats why I said is hard to explain, technically swung 8's are the equivalents of the first and the last note of a triplet, is a lazy-sounding eight note very easy to recognize in blues, you hold the first eight note a little more than the second eight, in straight eight notes both have same duration.

This my understanding:

Eights note shuffle in 4/4 ONE BAR

1 & A, 2 & A, 3 & A, 4 & A

6/8 THREE BARS

1 & a 2 & a / 1 & a 2 & a / 1 & a 2 & a

You have it exactly right. There are obvious similarities in these, but the feel is everything. You're either feeling 3 or 4, although you may be playing exactly the same thing written. Always defer to the ear ....and the drummer of course

[Willem]

Thanks guys

[mccartneyman]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Well, it is about chastity and abstinence, fidelity, marriage, true love and sin.

Yah, but if you watch the video, the bride is pregnant. So the song don't work.