Changing rhythm backings in a piece
Posted: 08 Mar 2018 16:18
Steve (Westgarth) had been talking about Brian007's 'performance' of Meet Me On The Corner by Lindisfarne. Click the below to listen to Brian's version of it. Particularly the two styles Brian has used, one with just a straight heavy 'off beat'; and the other emphasising every beat of the bar.
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Steve commented:
Brian replied:
.. to which Steve replied:
What really interests me here is how do we set up our backings to play a piece? We all do 'drum fills', and often use different variations of a Style, but there are times when we can do something a bit more dramatic than this.
Let's take a look at how the professionals sometimes tackle a piece. Listen to this, Petite Fleur, a Sydney Bechet piece arranged by both Chris Barber and Acker Bilk with changes in rhythm backing at certain places (they both do the same). For starters, their arrangement is played at a faster tempo than the original Sydney Bechet one.
The one below is by Chris Barber. At the start of the piece there is just a 'straight' one-two, one-two beat. Then as the piece progresses the backing changes. I have made a note of the times where these changes take place. If you leave your mouse 'hovering' over the PAUSE button the timings will remain showing throughout the piece.
0.56 i i m m - there is a little 'skip' in the beat.
1:13 to 1:28 - there is a 'heavy' beat emphasising every beat of the bar.
1:31 to 1:43 - there is that little 'skip' we heard earlier, but this time it continues to the end of the melody line.
1:48 to 2:03 - back to the 'straight beat' we had at the beginning.
2:04 to 2:20 - we get that 'heavy' beat again.
2:22 to 2:32 - it's back to the rhythm with the 'skip'.
What he has done with this is really interesting.
Hugh
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Steve commented:
I see you used 2 styles in there. Were these 2 registrations? I've never tried that. I will now.
Brian replied:
As far as I can remember it was the same style but probably I worked my way through
all 4 of the variations in the same style using different registrations for the intro, verse and chorus.
.. to which Steve replied:
Nevertheless, it's inspired me to mix styles in registrations and use them in one song. See how I get on.
What really interests me here is how do we set up our backings to play a piece? We all do 'drum fills', and often use different variations of a Style, but there are times when we can do something a bit more dramatic than this.
Let's take a look at how the professionals sometimes tackle a piece. Listen to this, Petite Fleur, a Sydney Bechet piece arranged by both Chris Barber and Acker Bilk with changes in rhythm backing at certain places (they both do the same). For starters, their arrangement is played at a faster tempo than the original Sydney Bechet one.
The one below is by Chris Barber. At the start of the piece there is just a 'straight' one-two, one-two beat. Then as the piece progresses the backing changes. I have made a note of the times where these changes take place. If you leave your mouse 'hovering' over the PAUSE button the timings will remain showing throughout the piece.
0.56 i i m m - there is a little 'skip' in the beat.
1:13 to 1:28 - there is a 'heavy' beat emphasising every beat of the bar.
1:31 to 1:43 - there is that little 'skip' we heard earlier, but this time it continues to the end of the melody line.
1:48 to 2:03 - back to the 'straight beat' we had at the beginning.
2:04 to 2:20 - we get that 'heavy' beat again.
2:22 to 2:32 - it's back to the rhythm with the 'skip'.
What he has done with this is really interesting.
Hugh