I'm having problems writing out the time and therefore keeping it in this solo especially when 16th notes are involved. Measures 5, 10 and 12 are examples of problem areas. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan B.
What I do is start by finding the beats. 12/8 will be 4 dotted quarters per measure, which are divided into 3 eighth notes per beat, or 6 16th notes per beat.
Here is measure 5
First find the notes in beat 1, you will need 6 16th notes. The dotted 8th rest is 3 16th notes so also add in the next 3 16th notes to fill out beat 1.
Next find the notes in beat 2, the 16th note triplets are counted as 3 notes in the space of 2 notes so to get the space of 6 16th notes start with the first two, then add the triplet rest and two triplet notes, and finish with 3 triplet notes. So you'll have 2 16th notes and 2 sets of 16th note triplets like this
The third beat is just reversed, 2 16th note triplets sets followed by 2 plain 16th notes
And the last beat will be 2 16th notes, followed by a quarter note rest, which is subdivided into 2 8th note rests or 4 16th note rests. Two 16th notes and four 16th note rests is six 16th notes, which is what each beat gets in 12/8 time.
I hope that helps.
Eric