tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
The whys and hows of groove
Listening exercise
- James Brown "Get on the Good Foot"
-- Why is James Brown the Founding Father of Funk?
-- What makes this sound good?
--- interlocking elements
---- multiple tones
---- satisfying tones
---- 16th notes create tightly woven connections
--- focus on rhythm
---- "Cold Sweat": drum break, single chord chorus
--- precise repetition
---- listen to the guitar
---- If humans are not naturally metronomic, why do we like regularity?
----- TroyBoi "7th Sense"
a theory of groove
- layers of repetition
-- playing with predictability
- pleasing
-- wide-spectrum
-- low-end
- trustworthy
-- can give ourselves over to the rhythm
-- confidence
whole genres based on a groove
- 2/4
- Raggaeton (1 u2 a)
- Jazz swing
teach Tally Ho groove
problem with most jiuchi
- uninspiring for jiuchi players, and soloists
melodic ji
- teach Gurgle
- demo Racasma, Maracas, Equilateral
- write own 2-count (6-8 hit)
klangfarbenmelodie game
closing
- KB yardsale
