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what is clapping on 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 anyway? What does it mean?


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"Kevin Spacey was filming Beyond the Sea in Germany. All his extras were German. He blamed their inability to clap on the 2 and the 4 on their being German. I'm not sure the science behind that but european influence is not good for contemporary music clapping."

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I STOOD NEXT TO A MALE COUPLE WHO COULD HAVE BEEN MY HISTORY TEACHERS AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT GROOVIN AND DANCING A LITTLE

THESE GUYS BEAT US UP OR TRIED TO , JUST TO SHOW HOW YOU ARE ALLOWED TO WITNESS A STONES SHOW:

HAND OVER HEAD AND CLAP-CLAP.CLAP


(Besides singing the wrong lyrics: "You neva make se same wiss meee...oh jeeeh..."

German clapping or the German clap? I'm confused....

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what is clapping on 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 anyway? What does it mean?


plexi

It's a Zen thing.

The german buddhists clap with one hand on 1 and 3.

Mick is OK with that.

I remember a concert in Bern, Switzerland, where the late great Willy DeVille stopped the band from playing and shouted at the audience "don't clap like germans..."

I've always wondered about 1 & 3 clapping. Always think that people who do that must surely not be feeling any funkiness in the music at all. Maybe they're rubbish at sex too? I personally always make love on the 2 and the 4.Phew.

I think that German music, well the roots thereof, is close to the march, pomp music and waltz structure i.e. 2/4 and 3/4 respectively. The strong beat is the first one, so I guess they just transfer this 'sense' of strong beat to 4/4 as well, by starting to clap on the first beat and eventually this leads them to the third. You actually can listen to some rock'n' roll songs having the first and third beat as the strong ones e.g. Memphis Tennessee by Chuck Berry.

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what is clapping on 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 anyway? What does it mean?


plexi

Can one also clap on 1 and 4 or on 2 and 3?

i used to be in a band called Pencil In Head 15 Years.

Rubbish I just listened to a bootleg from Koln 1990 and there's hardly any clapping on 1 and 3 to be heard. A lot of clapping on all four beats though. Not sure if that's a typical German habit. Probably not.

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timbernardis
what is clapping on 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 anyway? What does it mean?


plexi

Can one also clap on 1 and 4 or on 2 and 3?

To swing it a bit you need to hang a fraction on the 4th beat.

Maybe they're trying to draw anita out.

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rhytmuss mitmuss jawoll

Embarrassing comment. How old are you, 14?

yes, German clap - thats a subject matter, indeed...

no, we germans clap on the 2 and the 4 of course, but all the bands start their songs a bit too late that´s why you get it so wrong

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I think that German music, well the roots thereof, is close to the march, pomp music and waltz structure i.e. 2/4 and 3/4 respectively. The strong beat is the first one, so I guess they just transfer this 'sense' of strong beat to 4/4 as well, by starting to clap on the first beat and eventually this leads them to the third. You actually can listen to some rock'n' roll songs having the first and third beat as the strong ones e.g. Memphis Tennessee by Chuck Berry.

You can hear how Chuck Berry was influenced by such jazz artists as Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra--in fact, the main riff and melody of Memphis Tennessee was lifted directly from a Tommy Dorsey tune. "Boogie Woogie" was a favorite of Sam Phillips of Sun Records in Memphis.

Clap on... clap off.... clap on, clap off...

I always wanted a clapper, but only if it was a gift,
I mean, who would buy that crap... errr clapper for themself?

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Clap on... clap off.... clap on, clap off...

I always wanted a clapper, but only if it was a gift,
I mean, who would buy that crap... errr clapper for themself?

A friend had one connected to her TV. Everytime the dog barked the TV went on, drove her crazy. You don't want one Max, even if it is a gift.

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Clap on... clap off.... clap on, clap off...

I always wanted a clapper, but only if it was a gift,
I mean, who would buy that crap... errr clapper for themself?

A friend had one connected to her TV. Everytime the dog barked the TV went on, drove her crazy. You don't want one Max, even if it is a gift.

Oh... OK... DOH!