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Guitar is always taught as (4/4)root-strum-root-strum so basically the bass line is (4/4)quarternote-rest-quarternote-rest In the video I posted they are playing the guitar as (4/4)root-strum-root-strum-root-strum-root-strum which is 8th notes or maybe even "double time feel" It...

I meant one measure had two quarter notes as in (quarter note- rest - quarter note - rest) This is all in reference to how a 16 bar verse would fit into a bass line. In the youtube video I posted the bass line has 4 quarter notes per bar. In all the Bob Wills stuff there is 2 quarter notes and...

I'm speaking of 4/4 time sig. in regards to melody. Most verses are written as 16 bars. The verse in the "In Dreams" song is 16 bars and the bass line has 4 quarter notes per measure. Surprisingly the Bob Wills stuff has two quarter notes per measure. The in dreams song basically has 8th note...

I'm just trying to understand '4 on the floor' since it is rarely used in guitar riffs. Those 3 Bob Wills songs have an 8 bar A section. If you count 8 bars you will hear that the bass plays two quarter notes every 4 beats. '4 on the floor', 4 bass hits per measure is something that interests me...

Bubbles in My Beer, has an AABA the first A section is 8 bars with the bass playing half notes. If the bass is counted as 4 quarter notes per measure then the 32bar form wouldn't work for this song. Roly Poly is AABA 32 bar form with 8 bar 'A sections' making half notes on the bass. Across the...

Nevermind I can't find a single example of Gene Autry, Jimmie Rodgers, or Bob Wills playing '4 on the floor' bass patterns. It seems the 'chick' is always counted as a quarter note along with the melody.

With guitar instruction the 'Boom-chick' is usually taught as two boom chicks per 4/4 measure. I though Bob Wills might be counting 'boom-chick' as 4 boom chicks per 4/4 measure. But it seems with the fast songs even the 'chick' strum is counted as a beat. I'm basically trying to figure out 16...

I'm talking about root on the first beat, 5th on the 2nd beat, root on the 3rd beat, 5th on the 4th beat. Something that really moves. Holding the root for 2 beats and then the 5th for two beats is half notes, rather than quarter notes.

Guitar player here, I just discovered how to get the Bob Wills swing sound that I always loved by playing the bass notes as quarter notes. On the guitar, boom-chick is taught as quarter notes which leads to the guitar playing bass lines as two half notes per measure. I have a lot to learn as...