All musicians count 1...2...3...4... when they are playing a song but do they have to count at the same speed?

Question

for all songs.

Answer 1

no. It depends on what song youre playing. If youre doing a fast song like ummm, idk....A Sailors Tale (no lyrics), then It would be fast. The key signature also tells you what rythem to follow.


ect. Its kinda confusing at first. Anyway, If its for example, 3,
4
you just count it 1...2...3 1...2...3

instead of 1..2..3..4 1..2..3..4. Get it? If you need more help, let me know! :]

Answer 2

They should count at the speed of the song but I suppose they don't always have to if all they are doing is starting at the same time.

As a drummer (ugly non musician) it always makes me furious when a singer (i.e. good looking non musician) counts 1-2-3-4 for a song in 3/4 time or 5/4 time.

Answer 3

0 - gotta thieve your Smashing Pumkins, (ooh, i've got have been given my own) under 0 - Elvis Costello (super music) a million - a million (as in "Is The Lonliest quantity" (as coated by using Aimee Mann) 2 - 2 people (the Beatles or Aimee Mann w/ Michael Penn) 3 - 3 Years in the past right this moment - outfitted to Spill 4 - 4 Corners - the sea and Cake 5 - 5 companies - Fugazi 6 - Six Barrel Shotgun - BRMC 7 - Seven Days of the Week - the Arm of Roger 8 - 8 Days a week 9 - Who Has the 9 - cord 10 - Ten Percenter - Frank Black 11 - 11 - Primus 12 - Twelve - Jurassic 5 13 - 13 Steps Lead Down - Elvis Costello (or 13 by using vast celeb or Elliott Smith 14 - No Fourteen - Love 15 - Fifteen Keys - Uncle Tupelo sixteen - sixteen - Sebadoh 17 - Anthems for a Seventeen 3 hundred and sixty 5 days previous woman - broken Social Scene 18 - the Moon is the quantity 18 - Silver Jews 19 - F-19 - adult males At artwork 20 - 20% Amnesia - Elvis Costello Drat, i've got have been given 22 and 24, yet I hit a wall at 21 (a minimal of without dishonest).

Answer 4

Actually, musicians count to two, to three, to four, to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, etc., depending on the "time signature" of the piece of music. And if the musicians aren't synchronized in their music their timing will be off and it will sound bad, so yes, they do have to do it at the same speed - its called "tempo".

Answer 5

because the time key is at that speed. It's how musicians know the tempo. Take a music class, it's the first thing you learn (and probably the most important)

Answer 6

they can count at any speed they want. they usually count to make sure that they start smoothly and in time. musicians in a band count at any speed they want just to make sure that everyone in the band starts playing at the same time.

Answer 7

They just count to be in tunes with each others. so the speed does not depends on the song.

Answer 8

Very few musicians count while they play--it becomes intuitive very quickly.

Answer 9

No, All different kind of genres of music Have different beats