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So once we're comfortable playing the Jazz pattern on one, four and six with the Hi Hat,
foot on four. The real way, we can count this is, to think about swung eighth notes. Eighth
notes are normally counted one and two and three and four. We can swing them, one and
two and three and four. And we're going to be playing on the one, the two and the and
of two. And it's going to sound like this. One, one and two and three and four. And one
and two and three and four and one. When we play this way, the Hi Hat instead of just
being on four. Is on two and four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two,
three, four. One, two, three, four. One. The other way we can count this is, in triplets.
Where we count one and-a, two and-a. And our skip notes will be on the a's of two and four.
The Hi Hat's still on two and four. One and-a, two and-a, three and-a, four and-a. One and-a,
two and-a, three and-a, four and-a. One and-a, two and-a, three and-a, four and-a. One. The
effect is the same, the idea of this swing. Whether you want to count swung eighth notes
or if you want to count triplets, one and-a, two and-a. For the time being, you can do
either. Depending on what else, we're playing. As we start to add notes on the other instruments.
There might be a more obvious choice, for what you want to use for counting.