herodotus wrote: Others are very much encouraged to post links to alternative ideas and conceptions.
No?
Polyrhythms part 2, the friendly, helpful thread
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- KVRAF
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- 5703 posts since 8 Dec, 2004 from The Twin Cities
No?
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- KVRAF
- 2830 posts since 2 Mar, 2003 from The only civilized county in Texas
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- KVRAF
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Wow, thanks.
That is really cool. I have always wanted to talk to Steve Vai about the Frank Zappa guitar book. What a feat that book is.
BTW, some interesting anecdotes about how Steve Vai got his job with FZ can be seen here.
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- KVRAF
- 1703 posts since 11 Nov, 2004 from Kansas City, MO
Guys, this is the most informative thread I've seen since starting out on KVR. The post about least common multiple really made the scales fall off, just as did this Vai quote:
Herodotus, you should teach for a living. And the examples are a revalation. I've always been sort of intimidated by polyrhythms, as if they were something only "advanced" musicians tackled, after they'd sweated for years over the mundane stuff. Just hearing what the rhythms sound like helps my attitude a bit, I think. Thank you very much.
By subdividing and putting five units of measurement on both sides of the beat, you can now see that the second beat will fall on the upstroke of the third 8th note of the quintuplet. The same thing will hold true when you divide any odd number of attacks over two beats.
Herodotus, you should teach for a living. And the examples are a revalation. I've always been sort of intimidated by polyrhythms, as if they were something only "advanced" musicians tackled, after they'd sweated for years over the mundane stuff. Just hearing what the rhythms sound like helps my attitude a bit, I think. Thank you very much.
"The Law speaks too softly to be heard amid the din of arms." -- Gaius Marius {Roman consul,soldier}
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- KVRian
- 1211 posts since 7 Aug, 2006 from Geelong, Australia
I was looking at that Steve Vai article, and now my head hurts. I tried this about a month ago, when I didn't know what it was or how to do it properly on my sequencer, it turned out shit. But I'll try it again now I have my head around it more.
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- KVRAF
- 3971 posts since 19 Apr, 2005 from Brissie
G'day guys,
The KVR contest for January was Pedal Point, and unfortunately I didn't submit mine in time (only did it today), but I had the idea of combining a pedal with some of hero's polyrhythms. The idea kept changing as I recorded it, and ended up surprising me! Anyway, it's very different compared to my usual stuff, but I dig it - hope you guys like it! And a big thanks to herodotus for demystifying this stuff!
The funny thing is, you'll probably hear 1 as being the bass notes, but 1 is actually meant to fall a quaver later...
Pedal For Hero
The KVR contest for January was Pedal Point, and unfortunately I didn't submit mine in time (only did it today), but I had the idea of combining a pedal with some of hero's polyrhythms. The idea kept changing as I recorded it, and ended up surprising me! Anyway, it's very different compared to my usual stuff, but I dig it - hope you guys like it! And a big thanks to herodotus for demystifying this stuff!
The funny thing is, you'll probably hear 1 as being the bass notes, but 1 is actually meant to fall a quaver later...
Pedal For Hero
I've joined Lurkers Anonymous.
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- KVRAF
- 10170 posts since 2 Jan, 2005 from somewhere in the woods
Wonderful piece of pedal!
"It dreamed itself along"
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- KVRAF
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Aw, shucks.Moe Shinola wrote:
Herodotus, you should teach for a living. And the examples are a revalation. I've always been sort of intimidated by polyrhythms, as if they were something only "advanced" musicians tackled, after they'd sweated for years over the mundane stuff. Just hearing what the rhythms sound like helps my attitude a bit, I think. Thank you very much.
Glad to be of help.
Very cool indeed.Watto wrote:G'day guys,
The KVR contest for January was Pedal Point, and unfortunately I didn't submit mine in time (only did it today), but I had the idea of combining a pedal with some of hero's polyrhythms. The idea kept changing as I recorded it, and ended up surprising me! Anyway, it's very different compared to my usual stuff, but I dig it - hope you guys like it! And a big thanks to herodotus for demystifying this stuff!
The funny thing is, you'll probably hear 1 as being the bass notes, but 1 is actually meant to fall a quaver later...
Pedal For Hero
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- KVRAF
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