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Getting Church - Part 1

tonymiceli 1 September 2019

Probably should have called this "Getting Bluesy", but I think of it as "Getting Church". African American Church musicians are some of the funkiest, bluesiest best players I have ever seen. It's incredible what some people get out of church. I would never have gotten that kind of musicality out of my church. The music was lame as I remember.

I'm not even religious, but I have gone by some churches and wanted to go in and listen and watch really bad!

So.... Get Church.

"Chrysalis" (composition incorporating all polyrhythm lessons)

Jerry Leake 29 August 2019

Download the MP3 of my composition where I layered all percussion elements, with Randy Roos on guitars. This concept tune features several tabla solos in different rhythm cycles and structures (binary and ternary).

Analysis of Polymeters (balafon lessons 1–5):

3:2 0:00 – 0:12 (basic)

3:2 0:12 – 0:47 (syncopated)

4:3 0:47 – 1:46

5:3 1:46 – 3:00

7:3 3:00 – 3:53

5:4 3:53 – 4:36

7:4 4:36 – 5:28

3:2 5:28 – end

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