Author: msloss
Date: 2003-04-07 18:41
Morrigan,
HAT's right, dust off the metronome and pound it out. The feel will come with the precision. It is a bit revelatory when you finally hit it dead on and the composer's intent comes to life. Practice with a good time reference and start to callibrate your internal clock. It will pay dividends for the rest of your career!
Even stylized rhythm is still highly accurate. Listen to the Vienna Phil or the Chicago Symphony tear off a viennese waltz. Might be stylistic, but the internal precision is so acute you can set your watch to it, or this case, dance to it. Another great example of the importance of internalizing good rhythmic technique is the Count Basie Band. It wouldn't be practical to notate exactly what they play, but man, every note is placed right where it needs to be, and all 18 guys are there at the same moment.
A little moral tale to close -- when still in college, we had an upright bass player in the jazz ensemble with gobs of talent but lousy time. That's pretty much the death of any jazz, blues or rock band when your bass player can't deal out a good beat. The director finally convinced him to stop tapping his foot and start subdividing in his head. Voila, atomic-clock accuracy. The moral -- leave the toe-tapping to the guy on the porch in Deliverance. Unless it is bionic and quartz-timed, your foot isn't a good time reference. Train the brain.
Music exists only in time -- slice it, dice it, puree it, but always respect it, and it will treat you well.
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