Groove scribe mikeslessons7/28/2023 I decided to adapt ideasĮxclusive video drum lesson with Mike Johnston Imagine this… You walk into your first rehearsal with a new band. I realized that this was a huge weak link in my drumming armor and it needed to be fixed. Mike Johnston: Groove Freedom Title Groove Freedom Composer Mike Johnston: Instrumentation Playing a groove is one thing, but having absolute freedom inside that groove, well that’s a different thing all together, and it’s something that I want for myself and for all of you. Here’s a visual example.įor sound you’ll have to wait as I look for examples or make a video.Hi, I’m Dex, Welcome to my Channel! Here you will find Lessons, Covers, Solo’s and Performances to Teach and Entertain you, Enjoy! Dex Star BA (Hons) is a Mu… After the three measures of 4/4 and the four measures of 3/4 have occurred the next downbeats will align again. They will create a polymetrical moment in the music. In this example if two musicians play beats of equal tempo with one playing a meter of 4/4 and the other a meter of 3/4 the initial downbeat will be in unison but the next two downbeats in 4/4 and the next three downbeats in 3/4 will not align. They can be arranged into three measures of 4/4 (3 bars x 4 beats per bar= 12 beats) or four measures of 3/4 (4 bars x 3 beats per bar= 12 beats). An easy way to think of this is to imagine twelve beats. This creates tension that eventually resolves as the downbeats of the two patterns realign. Louis Armstrong was an early master of Hemiola in Jazz and in many of his solos he plays three beat phrases against the four beat rhythm of the band. This idea is also expressed for brief periods in music through the device called Hemiola. Polymeter is often used to describe a musical device where the pulse (beat) is consistent but the measures are of differing lengths. They have a common downbeat but one has three beats per measure and moves at a quicker tempo while the other, moving at a slower tempo has two beats per measure. This mixture of compound and simple meter creates a polyrhythmic environment where two different pulses (beats) of differing tempos are created. 6/8 has one additional beat and both are divided into three parts (compound meter). Beyond that 3/4 has two additional beats with all three dividing evenly into two parts (simple meter). They both possess six eighth notes of which the first is the strongest of the group. 3/4 has three beats and 6/8 has two beats. In this music you will hear rhythms that are in a 3/4 meter being played concurrently with rhythms in a 6/8 meter. A basic example occurs in any compound meter music of African drum choirs. But the term is often used to mean the concurrent repetition of two differing rhythms. Any contrapuntal musical activity is by its nature polyrhythmic. Polyrhythm is literally two rhythms occurring at once in the music. Tempo-the speed of the beat often measured in beats per minute. Rhythm- the feeling of movement in music, the time element.ĭownbeat - the metrical stress point or accent in a meter. Measure- a group of beats the first of which normally bears an accent. Or the pattern of fixed temporal units, beats, by which the timespan of a piece of music is organized. Meter-collections of beats which are organized around a downbeat. In order to fully understand them you have to be clear on some terminology including:īeat-recurring consistent pulse in music. These two terms, polyrhythm and polymeter actually embody a few different rhythmic devices used in both modern and ancient music.
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