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jazz improvisation/Jazz arranging Sylvain Courtney

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Rhythmic study of "Eleven wives" by Avishai Cohen

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The fisrt time i heard "Eleven wives", i thought the beginning was in 7, with the usual long-long-long-short clave.(2+2+2+1).In fact the subdivision was 3+3+3+2 which add up to eleven. The tricky part is that the left hand of the piano plays two 11/8...

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Working with a metronome/Jonathan kreisberg line

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I was talking to a former student of mine the other day, who was telling me what he was practicing these days as far as rythm is concerned. It reminded me of a transcription i had made of one of Jonathan Kreisberg's lines on "Falling Grace" Pretty tricky...

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Working with a metronome (5 against 4)

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The metronome is a great tool to practice rythm.You are all familiar with putting the metronome on "2" and "4", but what about putting it on a completely different part of the beat? In this exercice, i suggest experimenting with the 5:4 feel (Five against...

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jazz improvisation/Jazz arranging Sylvain Courtney