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Re: Changing Meters
On 10 feb 2006, at 20.52, Todd Pafford wrote:
> Start with a 5/8 rhythm (ONE two THREE four five) against a quarter
> note pulse so the whole pattern repeats every 10 eighth notes. Then
> add a 7/8 rhythm (ONE two THREE four FIVE six seven) over top. So now
> you've got 7/8 over 5/8 over a steady 2/8 pulse. Wierd syncopated
> throbbing goodness. Do the same thing with melodic ostinatos and you
> get a wonderful whirly thing as the ostinatos drift apart and back
> together. Of course, in this example it takes 35 bars for the whole
> mess to repeat, but I've found you can shorten it nicely by throwing
> in a bar of 6/8 or 8/8 instead of the 7/8 every now and then.
That's an interesting tip. I'll save Todd's post to try it out later
(I guess I won't be able to play it but I can line it up in Mobius -
or EDP - by Sub Insert and stepping between the three meters as the
quantizing base). I'm curious to hear what it's like. This morning
(looong ago....zzzzzZZZZzzz...) I was walking the city with Robert
Rich in my Sony Freestyle CD player. He had all kind of odd meters
and also odd tunings! First time hearing him, I just bought three
albums from CD Baby - nice music. (I love it winter time when you can
walk outdoors in snow with in-ear phones under a warm cap ;-)
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