Hi Bogdan, I know exactly what you're talking about in this lesson. I like to play like this myself. What's happening is that Lazslo plays a note, then there is a pause of the same duration of the note he just played and then he plays another note of same duration. It gives an impression of being staggered over the beat but rest assured that it is definitely in time, it's just not on the obvious beat counts.
A lot of the nots are 8th notes (or Eighth notes, hence the E in the tab) so if you counted 8 beats in a bar, one note would be a duration of one of those counts.
Let's look at the very first video part (the opening phrase). The first note is a note that last for half the bar. (If you divided the bar into 4 counts then halved that again, you would count 1,2 )
Then next there is an E symbol above the tab but no note. That means that first note lasts for half a bar plus an 8th note.
Then you play the next note (an 8th note) then there is another pause of 8th note duration, then play the next 8th note on the 13th fret which is the last note of that bar. Then an 8th note pause (called rests) begins the next bar...
It's quite hard to understand, I know ! First begin by counting 1,2,3,4 for a bar.. then double that up exactly so you get 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Now imagine that every one of those 8 notes was an actual note being played. Now imagine that some of those notes were pauses instead. That's how you get that strange, staggered effect.
That's the technical side of it anyway. I personally never counted this stuff.. I just found it easier to play it by instinct. But hopefully this may help you understand it a bit better. Maybe not. My theory isn't the best.
Maybe someone else can hop in and explain ? C'mon, let's help this poor guy out !!!!!
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This post has been edited by Ben Higgins: Jun 21 2012, 08:18 PM