Afro Blue - E-flat Instruments

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The cross noteheads indicate the main beats. The famous jazz drummer Elvin Jones took the opposite approach, superimposing two cross-beats over every measure of a 3 4 jazz waltz 2: This swung 3 4 is perhaps the most common example of overt cross-rhythm in jazz. Nigerian percussion master Babatunde Olatunji arrived on the American music scene in with his album Drums of Passion , which was a collection of traditional Nigerian music for percussion and chanting.

The album stayed on the charts for two years and had a profound impact on jazz and American popular music. Olatunji reached his greatest popularity during the height of the Black Arts Movement of the s and s. Afro-Cuban music makes extensive use of polyrhythms. Cuban Rumba uses 3-based and 2-based rhythms at the same time, for example, the lead drummer playing the quinto might play in 6 8 , while the rest of the ensemble keeps playing 2 2.

Among the most sophisticated polyrhythmic music in the world is south Indian classical Carnatic music. A kind of rhythmic solfege called konnakol is used as a tool to construct highly complex polyrhythms and to divide each beat of a pulse into various subdivisions, with the emphasised beat shifting from beat cycle to beat cycle. Common polyrhythms found in jazz are 3: Frank Zappa , especially towards the end of his career, experimented with complex polyrhythms, such as King Crimson used polyrhythms extensively in their album Discipline. The band Queen used polyrhythm in their song " The March of the Black Queen " with 8 8 and 12 8 time signatures.

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Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor uses polyrhythm frequently. One notable appearance is in the song "La Mer" from the album The Fragile. The piano holds a 3 4 riff while the drums and bass back it with a standard 4 4 signature. Talking Heads ' Remain in Light used dense polyrhythms throughout the album, most notably on the song "The Great Curve". Megadeth frequently tends to use polyrhythm in its drumming, notably from songs such as "Sleepwalker" or the ending of "My Last Words", which are both played in 2: Carbon Based Lifeforms have a song named " Polyrytmi ", Finnish for "polyrhythm", on their album Interloper.

This song indeed does use polyrhythms in its melody. Japanese girl group Perfume made use of the technique in their single, appropriately titled " Polyrhythm ", included on their second album Game.

The bridge of the song incorporates 5 8 , 6 8 in the vocals, common time 4 4 and 3 2 in the drums. The outro of the song "Animals" from the album The 2nd Law by the band Muse uses 5 4 and 4 4 time signatures for the guitar and drums respectively.

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The Aaliyah song "Quit Hatin" uses 9 8 against 4 4 in the chorus. The Japanese idol group makes use of polyrhythm in a number of their songs, most notably on their mini-album " Love Letter ", which features five songs that all include several rhythmic references to the number A secret track on the album has the group's leader, Ide Chiyono, explain some of the uses of polyrhythm to the listener. The National song " Fake Empire " uses a 4 over 3 polyrhythm.

The Cars ' song " Touch and Go " has a 5 4 rhythm in the drum and bass and a 4 4 rhythm in the keys and vocals. The following is an example of a 3 against 2 polyrhythm, given in time unit box system TUBS notation; each box represents a fixed unit of time; time progresses from the left of the diagram to the right. It is in bad form to teach a student to play 3: The proper way is to establish sound bases for both the quarter-notes, and the triplet-quarters, and then to layer them upon each other, forming multiple rhythms. Beats are indicated with an X; rests are indicated with a blank.

A common memory aid to help with the 3 against 2 polyrhythm is that it has the same rhythm as the phrase "not difficult"; the simultaneous beats occur on the word "not"; the second and third of the triple beat land on "dif" and "cult", respectively. The second 2-beat lands on the "fi" in "difficult".

Try saying "not difficult" over and over in time with the sound file above. This will emphasize the "3 side" of the 3 against 2 feel. Now try saying the phrase "not a problem", stressing the syllables "not" and "prob-". This will emphasize the "2 side" of the 3 against 2 feel. More phrases with the same rhythm are "cold cup of tea", "four funny frogs", "come, if you please". Similar phrases for the 4 against 3 polyrhythm are "pass the golden butter" [1] or "pass the goddamn butter" [31] and "what atrocious weather" or "what a load of rubbish" in British English ; the 4 against 3 polyrhythm is shown below.

However this is only useful for very simple polyrhythms, or for getting a feel for more complex ones, as the total number of beats rises quickly. To count 4 against 5, for example, requires a total of 20 beats, and counting thus slows the tempo considerably. However some players, such as classical Indian musicians , can intuitively play high polyrhythms such as 7 against 8. Polyrhythms are quite common in late Romantic Music and 20th century classical music. Works for keyboard often set odd rhythms against one another in separate hands. Waltzin' Victor Assis Brasil.

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Instrument in B flat

Billy Strayhorn - Take The a Train. Charles Lloyd - Florest Flower. Count Basie - Good Bait. David Raksin - Laura. Errol Garner - Misty.

Harburg - Over The Rainbow. George Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade. Harold Arlen - Over The Rainbow. Hoagy Charmichael - Skylark , Stardust. Horace Silver - Nica's Dream , Peace. Hubert Laws - Morning Star. Jaco Pastorious - Chicken, The. Joe Farrell - Molten Glass.

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Polyrhythm

Kenny Dorham - Blue Bossa. Kurt Weill - Speak Low. Larry Coryell - Bloco Loco. Leon Russel - Masquerade. Lyle Mays - James. Mongo Santamaria - Afro Blue. Ogden Nash - Speak Low. Oliver Nelson - Stolen Moments. Pat Martino - On the Stairs. Paul Desmond - Take Five. Richards Rodgers - My Favorite Things. Sam Jones - Unit 7. Scott LaFaro - Gloria's Steps. Scott Joplin - Entertainer, The.

Sonny Rollins - Airegin. Stanley Turrentine - Sugar. Steve Swallow - Falling Grace. Thad Jones - A Child is Born. Tony Williams - Pee Wee. Is it a good teaching tool? Consider writing about your experience and musical tastes. Are you a beginner who started playing last month? Do you usually like this style of music? Feel free to recommend similar pieces if you liked this piece, or alternatives if you didn't. Be respectful of artists, readers, and your fellow reviewers. Please do not use inappropriate language, including profanity, vulgarity, or obscenity.

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