Once you can play the basic subdivisions of the Standard Timetable comfortably and consistently at a variety of tempos, musical phrasing is the logical next step. Musical styles are defined by how the subdivisions within their rhythms are phrased to give the proper feeling to the music. Accent Studies address musical phrasing with broad stylistic applications to ensemble figures, soloing and grooving. Muted and open tone interpretation can also be applied to the accented phrasing, allowing for great variance of pitch and melodic color in application. |
Chapter 1 - Musical Phrasing
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Accent Studies
Accent Studies address musical phrasing with broad stylistic applications to ensemble figures, soloing and grooving. Muted and open tone interpretation can also be applied to the accented phrasing, allowing for great variance of pitch and melodic color in application.
Video Demonstration 1 interprets Accent Studies around the drumset, as described above, from pg. 4 of the chapter’s Selected Common Sequenced Groupings.
Video Demonstration 2 interprets a Single Musical Motive using a Cross Referencing of Chapter Studies from throughout the book, beginning with pg. 7, Ex. 16, of this chapter’s Accent Studies.
Dynamic Control Studies
Dynamic Control Studies offer great challenges to drummers because they tap into balancing the relationships of the ever-changing velocities of tempo and volume. They also offer possibilities for better-attuned harmonic sensibilities.
Video Demonstration 3 addresses Balancing Dynamic Control and Tempo in musical phrasing, illustrating Examples 1 and 2 of Crescendo & Diminuendo in Roundtable Form, as seen on pg. 13 of this chapter’s studies.
Video Demonstration 4 focuses on ear and touch development in tempo, Exploring Tonality in Time, by illustrating Examples 1 and 2 of the Measured Dynamic Changes on pg. 15 of this chapter’s studies.
DOWNLOAD the Web Exclusive Interval Reference Supplement .pdf which lists popular melodies and riffs that are helpful for improving your sense of pitch in relating measured dynamic changes to common chord change intervals.
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Mastering the Tables of Time provides an inclusive framework combining otherwise exclusive studies in timekeeping, rudimental and polyrhythmic musical phrasing, and coordination to benefit players of any skill level with an interest in developing a stronger foundation and greater confidence in their freedom of expression in any musical direction.
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Chapter 1 – Musical Phrasing
| Once you can play the basic subdivisions of the Standard Timetable comfortably and consistently at a variety of tempos, musical phrasing is the logical next step. Musical styles are defined by how the subdivisions within their rhythms are phrased to give the proper feeling to the music. Accent Studies address musical phrasing with broad stylistic applications to ensemble figures, soloing and grooving. Muted and open tone interpretation can also be applied to the accented phrasing, allowing for great variance of pitch and melodic color in application. |
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Accent Studies
Accent Studies address musical phrasing with broad stylistic applications to ensemble figures, soloing and grooving. Muted and open tone interpretation can also be applied to the accented phrasing, allowing for great variance of pitch and melodic color in application.
Demonstration interpreting Accent Studies around the drumset, as described above, from pg. 4 of the Selected Common Sequenced Groupings.
Cross Referencing Chapter Studies
Demonstration interpreting a single musical motive throughout the book, beginning with pg. 7, Ex. 16, of the Accent Studies.
Demonstration interpreting Accent Studies around the drumset, as described above, from pg. 4 of the Selected Common Sequenced Groupings.
Balancing Dynamic Contol and Tempo
Dynamic Control Studies offer great challenges to drummers because they tap into balancing the relationships of the ever-changing velocities of tempo and volume. They also offer possibilities for better-attuned harmonic sensibilities.
Demonstration and discussion of musical phrasing, illustrating Examples 1 and 2 of Crescendo & Diminuendo in Roundtable Form, as seen on pg. 13.