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David's Tip of the Day: Tempos Differing - Playing a Song Slower or Faster

Posted Wed, 04/13/2016 - 08:13 by David Barrett Admin
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A common question I get asked is how fast 4/4 time is. The 4/4 at the beginning of a line of music doesn't indicate the tempo of a song, it indicates how many beats are in a bar (4 in this case) and which note value receives the beat (quarter note in this case). This 4/4 is what's known as the Time Signature.

Tempo is up to the player, even when playing a known song. continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Value of Repitition, Part 2 (Each Chorus has a Theme)

Posted Mon, 02/09/2015 - 10:26 by David Barrett Admin
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I'm not speaking of the type of repetition where the player runs out of ideas and repeats licks from early in a song or set... this is called "gettin' old" and no player wants that.

The type of repetition I'm speaking of is the melodic, purposeful type... where you present an idea and then explore for the listener what you can do with that idea.

The first lick you play in every chorus is by default the theme of that chorus (the "A" in my Chorus Form concept). This can come by the way of simple repetition or fairly advanced transformations. continue reading...

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