Klarinet Archive - Posting 000454.txt from 2001/06

From: Mike Dowler <syo@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rhythm --- what is it?
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:22:40 -0400

That is true. If you think too much about every technical detail,
your "rhythm" will be off, just like when you first began playing and
you had to think about every note in a major scale run. Another
analogy, when you dance, you feel the rhythm in your feet, you don't
think "bend my knee 15=B0, move my leg 2 inches to the left, turn my
foot clockwise...", you "feel the rhythm". When one is nervous,
everything becomes microscopic and you pay too much attention to the
little things, thus you can't "feel the rhythm". I haven't yet had a
chance to read "The Inner Game of Music", but perhaps similar
concepts are discussed there.

Mike Dowler

> I admit that this is a bit far afield, but....
>
>They were interviewing Kobe (basketball) while replaying footage of one
>of his baskets. He bulldozed his way through the defense, erupted
>upwards in a contortion, and sank the shot. The sportscaster said
>something to the effect of (not verbatim), "Everything seems to be
>working for you today, Kobe!" Kobe's reply was (again, not verbatim):
>
>"Yeh, I feel the rhythm of the game today."
>
>There was no 'grace' or 'periodic movement' or 'smooth movement' to his
>shot in the sense of dance or music. It was all muscle and being able
>to contort while still knowing exactly where everything was, including
>all of his body parts and the ball and the hoop and hs opponent. Yet,
>with sweat still rolling down and sucking air, he used the word 'rhythm'
>to describe his feeling for all of this.
>
>I'm not sure what (if any) conclusion to draw from his statement except
>that rhythm includes both microstructure and macrostructure (thoughts of
>Mandelbrot), neither of which are always apparent at a 'normal' scale
>and neither of which are necessairly measured in the most obvious
>physical units.
>
>In fact, since an 'image' is a mapping of something onto a different
>coordinate system or 'space', I think that Kobe's statement is a
>meaningful analogy to how music and language can share a common basis
>even though they appear worlds apart and even though they are measured
>in completely different ways.
>
>....back to the game.....
>
>Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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