Re: tapping 2&4
Mike Kish ( michael.kish@oberlin.edu )
Fri, 16 May 1997 13:10:51 -0500
>However, I don't see any evidence throughout jazz history of musicians
>tapping on 2 and 4 or practicing that way at all.
>
>So that's a new things and if people have swung for generations without
>it, what is the point exactly?
>
The 2&4 thing has been reccomended over and over. My teachers have told me
to do it for practicing time & swing. Who started this idea and why is it
so popular?
Do you reccomend tapping on 1 and 3 and putting the metronome on 1 and 3?
Mike
Oberlin College/Conservatory
------------------=================================------------------
Acoustic & Electric Bass & Composition
"O body swayed to music, O brightening glance
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"-Yeats