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In this video Robin talks about pulsing on every beat with the left hand, which it what I usually do, but on very fast tempos I only pulse on 1 and 3 to keep my hand from falling off. Does anybody else do this?
It seems like the rhythm player might only pulse on 1 and 3 here at 1:25?
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If my hand is getting fatigued on a high tempo song and I feel like I won't be able to keep up, I'll switch to this to give it a rest. It can be great help.
When a few of us were sitting with Samson and Ludovic last year Samson played this feel and Ludovic said he could walk away for an hour and come back and Samson would still be playing quite comfortably. I have a vid of Samson explaining the rhythm which I refer to on a semi regular basis so I recognized the feel. It’s pretty normal but he does shorten the strokes.
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I meant eliminating the pulse on 2 and 4 all together, so that they are played as "muted". I think this is what the rhythm play is doing at 1:25 in the video. Is this what you meant.
Samson was coming back up as displayed by Robin, my bad.
i often forgo the up to keep things sounding tighter but I think some up naturally finds it’s way in.
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I guess a lot of people mute the down stoke on the 2 and 4, but what I noticed in my playing, is that I used to pump my left hand on every beat, even the muted, but what saved my hand was to just pump my hand on the 1 and 3. It's not something you would necessarily hear.
It's common to play the 2 and 4 much shorter as tempos rise
If the 2 and 4 are being muted, then it's not even short, it's just muted. My realization was that I don't have to pulse my left hand on 2 and 4 when I play the "muted down stroke". I've never heard anybody address this.
Normally you want to pump on all 4 with your left hand. This is for when you're burning on Limehouse at 280+. It's like the equivalent of "if we experience a sudden cabin pressure loss, the oxygen masks will drop down"
I hear you. Lol