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How many of you love rhythm? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. I mean I love all kinds of rhythm. I like

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to play jazz, a little funk, hip-hop. I come from the Crescent City. Little second line. One thing

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all those rhythms have in common is math. And I call it arithmetic. Can you repeat after

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me? Uh, uh, uh. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. Arithmetic. Yeah. Now, all those styles of

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rhythm are all counted in 4 and then subdivided by 3. What? Yeah, 3 is a magic number. 3 is

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a grooving number. 3 is a hip-hop kind of number. But what does subdividing by 3 mean

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and counting off by 4? Well, look. Think of it this way. A measure of music adds a dollar

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now a dollar has four quarters right and so does a four four measure of music it has four quarter

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notes now how do you subdivision this three dollars worth of quarters you would have three

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groups of four and you would count it a one two three four one two three four one two three four

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together. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4. Okay, now you feel that? Now let's take

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those three groups of four and make them four groups of three. And listen to this.

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1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4. Come on, y'all. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1, 2, 3, 4. Now,

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Now that's what I call arithmetic.

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Can you say it? Arith-ma-tic.

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Arith-ma-tic.

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Arith-ma-tic. Arith-ma-tic.

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Arith-ma-tic. Arith-ma-tic.

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Yeah! Now take the swing beat and do the same thing.

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One, two,

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one, two,

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one, two, three, four. Yeah!

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I'm gonna take

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the second line beat

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and the swing beat and put them together

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and it sounds something like this.

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Arith-ma-tic. Arith-ma-tic.

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