Some who follow this, if anyone may wonder why it's named "Beats two and four." The simple answer is, those are the beats the mandolin plays on in bluegrass. I recently received a mandolin and I like bluegrass. Those two beats are difficult to play on because they are the up beats in most music scores. The upbeats are not emphasized in music much. But, they are very important. It adds color to the music. The bright chop of mandolin is the counter the dark bass on the downbeats. Think on it, how could you get to three without two, or how can you come back to one without four.
Maybe we can have some fun on the upbeats of life. The parts that get left by the wayside. How many times has your day been ruined by someone cutting you off or been brightened by kind note? I found that in recalling a road trip with my brother, the times in the car were the ones we remember most. The destinations seem secondary. A mountain scene does not look realistic with out the wisps of clouds. Chocolate chip cookies need a bit of vanilla. The contrasting flavors of life ebb and flow to show us how wonderful our lives really are. And, sometimes we need the dark to see the light. Beats two and four are fun because no one expects them, they show up as a time to shine for those who embrace them.
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Some who follow this, if anyone may wonder why it's named "Beats two and four." The simple answer is, those are the beats the mandolin plays on in bluegrass. I recently received a mandolin and I like bluegrass. Those to beats are difficult to play on because they are the up beats in most music scores. The upbeats are not emphasized in music much. But, they are very important. It adds color to the music. The bright chop of mandolin is the counter the dark bass on the downbeats. Think on it, how could you get to three without two, or how can you come back to one without four.
Maybe we can have some fun on the upbeats of life. The parts that get left by the wayside. How many times has your day been ruined by someone cutting you off or been brightened by kind note? I found that in recalling a road trip with my brother, the times in the car were the ones we remember most. The destinations seem secondary. A mountain scene does not look realistic with out the wisps of clouds. Chocolate chip cookies need a bit of vanilla. The contrasting flavors of life ebb and flow to show us how wonderful our lives really are. And, sometimes we need the dark to see the light. Beats two and four are fun because no one expects them, they show up as a time to shine for those who embrace them.