Swinglines
Author | : Fernando Benadon |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2024-06-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780197659977 |
ISBN-13 | : 0197659977 |
Rating | : 4/5 (977 Downloads) |
Download or read book Swinglines written by Fernando Benadon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way rhythm is taught in Western classrooms and music lessons is rooted in a centuries-old European approach that favors metric levels within a grand symmetrical grid. Swinglines encourages readers to experience rhythms, even gridded ones, as freewheeling affairs irrespective of the metric hierarchy. It shows that rhythms traditionally framed as "deviations" and "non-isochronous" have their own identities. They are coherent products of precise musical thought and action. Rather than situating them in the neither-here-nor-there, author Fernando Benadon takes a more inclusive view, one where isochrony and metric grids are shown as particular cases within the universe of musical time.