Re: Thinking in 11: for the 11/11/11 11:11 project participants

[Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>]

excellent lesson tip buddy!
thanx!
Luis

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> My friend, Lindsey Walker asked me for suggestions about playing
> in 11/8 and I posted this back to her at Facebook.
>
> For all the 11/11/11    11:11   participants I throw this out as food for
> rhythmic thought
>
> ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
>
> "Well there are some cool approaches one can use."
>
> One is that you can subdivide 4-4-3
>
> Ta is pronounced 'Tah' with an accent
> ka and ki are both pronounced   'kih'
> ta is pronounced   'tuh'
> di is pronounced   'dee'
> mi is pronounced  'mee'
>
> remember that all sounds should have as short an envelope when you are
> singing them as
> possible so that you can eventually sing them at high speed.
>
> So this 4-4-3  subdivision of 11/8 is sung:
>
> Takadimi Takadimi Takita
>
> or another cool approach is to treat the rhythm like a 12/8 Blues or 
> African
> styled rhythm just minus one note.
>
> The phrasing would be:
>
> 3 -3 -3 - 2
>
> Takita Takita Takita Taki
>
> I've written these subdivision with a space in between them so you can 
> see
> the audible phrase
> but there is no space between them rhythmically....they should represent 
> 11
> even notes.
>
>
>
> Here's a beautiful game for learning a rhythm thoroughly.
> I do this in the shower every day with a different time signature.
>
> you each sing each exercise several times (in the first example)
>
> a (parenthesized syllable) is not said out loud
> (just sing it silently in your mind)
>
> ps
>
> Takadimi Takadimi Takita
> Takadimi Takadimi Taki(ta)
> Takadimi Takadimi Ta(kita)
> Takadimi Takadimi (Takita)
> Takadimi Takadi(mi Takita
> Takadimi Taka(dimi Takita)
> Takadimi Ta(kadimi Takita)
> Takadimi (Takadimi Takita)
> Takadi(mi Takadimi Takita)
> Taka(dimi Takadimi Takita)
> Ta(kadimi Takadimi Takita)
>
> Now try the same exercise backwards
>
> Takadimi Takadimi Takita
> (Ta)kadimi Takadimi Takita
> (Taka)dimi Takadimi Takita
> (Takadi)mi Takadimi Takita
> (Takadimi) Takadimi Takita
> (Takadimi Ta)kadimi Takita
> (Takadimi Taka)dimi Takita
> (Takadimi Takadi)mi Takita
> (Takadimi Takadimi) Takita
> (Takadimi Takadimi Ta)kita
> (Takadimi Takadimi Taki)ta
>
>
> You will now have sung this time signature starting on every possible 
> note
> and ending on every possible note.
> Now start improvising and play syncopated rhythms that leave out some of 
> the
> notes and you will begin
> to move towards a cool melodic/rhythmic approach to playing in 11/8.
>
> Remember,   you probably alread know how to play a zillion rock, r&B, 
> soul
> and funk rhythms in
> 4/4      well, that's just this game applied to Takadimi Takadimi
>
> Tack on that last phrase of 3 to anything you know and , voila,
> You have a very cool new rhythm in 11/8
>
>



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