Here on Strong Songs, I talk about half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth

notes, but in the UK and elsewhere they use different terms for rhythmic subdivision.

Breathe, set me breathe, crotchet, quaver, set me quaver, all the way down to my favorite,

the heavy demi-set me quaver.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.

I'm your host Kirk Hamilton, and I'm so glad that you joined me to talk about music made

up of eighth notes, music made up of semi-quavers, and music made up entirely of demi-semi-quavers.

Strong Songs is one-man operation.

I make this whole show by myself. I put a ton of work in every episode and I get to make

the exact show I want thanks to your support. There's links to the Strong Songs Patreon

and the show notes as well as a PayPal link for one-time donations. Thank you so much to

everyone who's helped me make this show.

On this episode, questions, questions, we've got so many questions. You all write in with

the most interesting musical mysteries and I have a great time trying to solve them for

you. We've got questions on video game themes, mystery instruments, and a surprising amount

of James Bond. So let's open the inbox, put on some tea, and get ready.

I have been practicing a lot of guitar lately. I'm slowly getting better at the instrument

and I have to say, if I have a single piece of advice to share with you all regarding

how best to practice music, it is to use a metronome. I know I've given this advice before.

I've talked about metronomes many times on the show, but I know that not everyone listens

to every episode and I'm just going to give this advice again because really you can

never say it too many times. So often I find that the difference between just noodling

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