Practice diary Pt. 1

As part of my masters study I am going to begin keeping a log/journal of what I am practising that relates to my research.
My research is revolves around the idea of becoming familiar with Elliott Carter's rhythmic techniques so that I can use them in improvisation.
This first post will be more about what I have been working on in this area recently, and then future posts will be more about how they (and I) develop.

I started writing this, but then it became apparent the explanations would be better served with notation. Once I get to doing this I will post in much more detail.

Just quickly though,

5's and 7's grouped in 9

increasing and decreasing grouping of divisions of 5 and 7, ie, groups of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

in 3's, grouping 4 in one hand and 5 in the other, grouping 4 in one hand and 7 in the other, moving between them
in 4's, grouping 3 in one hand and 5 in the other, grouping 3 in one hand and 7 in the other, moving between them
in 5's, grouping 3 in one hand and 4 in the other, grouping 3 in one hand and 7 in the other,
moving between them
in 7's, grouping 3 in one hand and 4 in the other, grouping 3 in one hand and 5 in the other,
moving between them (I'm finding this quite hard)

Playing around with the 9 beat cycle, with 4's grouped 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5

Like I said, notation plus thoughts coming soon......

Links galore....

This fight happened twenty years ago today, with Tyson in his prime:

Also, here's a video of my latest project, dealing with some of the concepts expounded on in my blog post "Speeds".


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