Jazz, a Listener's GuideThe first edition covered the beginning of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion; this edition, which emphasizes listening, continues into the 1980s and early 1990s. Musical terms are introduced where needed and always in connection with specific musical composition. |
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Page 11
... beats into a regular and recurring pattern of strong and weak . The pattern of duple meter is a grouping by 2's ... beats long . Just as the meter of marches and ragtimes is duple , the measures having 2 or 4 beats , the phrases of ...
... beats into a regular and recurring pattern of strong and weak . The pattern of duple meter is a grouping by 2's ... beats long . Just as the meter of marches and ragtimes is duple , the measures having 2 or 4 beats , the phrases of ...
Page 93
... beats , weak beats , between beats ) in different measures . Players like Charlie Parker like to juxtapose lines of short , fast notes with lines of longer , more sustained ones . A favorite tech- nique , which we'll see in detail with ...
... beats , weak beats , between beats ) in different measures . Players like Charlie Parker like to juxtapose lines of short , fast notes with lines of longer , more sustained ones . A favorite tech- nique , which we'll see in detail with ...
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James McCalla. called compound duple meter - 2 beats to the bar , each beat divided into three's , or triplets . You can hear this set out clearly in the first two choruses . In the first chorus , the bass plays on each beat , and then ...
James McCalla. called compound duple meter - 2 beats to the bar , each beat divided into three's , or triplets . You can hear this set out clearly in the first two choruses . In the first chorus , the bass plays on each beat , and then ...
Contents
THE BEGINNINGS | 1 |
FROM BIRD TO TRANE | 3 |
AfroAmerican Roots | 7 |
Copyright | |
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