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I don't know dick about music theory. I know that rock and roll is generally on a 4x4 beat structure, but I generally don't know what that means.

I can tell this is...not 4x4. Can anyone identify the beat structure here? and maybe explain that stuff to me?

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=yZieIiYCGQ8&list=PLS5Zh7Lvs70zcv4gKV1nutmPQCHCvi0t-&index=6

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yeah there's definitely some jazz in the drum beat, but its still an 8 or 4 count.

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