I'm working on a 50's-style tune and I'd like "the band" to give me a couple of eighth-note shots near the end of a verse, to kind of build up some musical tension and anticipation. Basically, if you're counting in straight four, such as, 1 - and - 2 - and - 3 - and - 4 - and, I'd like the two shots to occur on beat 1 and the "and" of of beat 1.

I see where I can have quarter-note shots and that works nicely with the ".", "..", and "..." variations, with commas, but I'd like my shots to be more rapid fire. How do I do that?


Yours in the muse,
Rutherford