So, for various reasons I started drifting down a rabbit hole, I don't really have the language to ask about...
So, in many traditions, music seems to be underpinned by medium long, repeated, and sometimes quite complex rhythmic patterns - clave and such in South American, iqa‘at in middle eastern... etc.
However, I almost never seem to see such patterns discussed in western (jazz, classic) learning material unless the piece is specifically latin or such like... ok, there are feels (waltz, march, compound time, and I do learn rhythms lick shapes of a bar or two for noodling purposes
..
Am I missing something in the western tradition?
I'm sure percussionists know all about this, but it doesn't seem to be common currency...
I'm sorry if that's a bit vague, like I said, I don't even really have the language to ask.
As some of the background to this question;
The other week we had a concert by Mexican group, Klezmerson... who also held a workshop. At one point the leader asked the drummer to explain what they where doing and they had a long conversation about using some pattern or other, how that changes across the country, god knows. Eastern European it was not, oy gevalt!
Anyway, I just bought a small drum (darbuka) to learn some Dum Tik Tas on
So, in many traditions, music seems to be underpinned by medium long, repeated, and sometimes quite complex rhythmic patterns - clave and such in South American, iqa‘at in middle eastern... etc.
However, I almost never seem to see such patterns discussed in western (jazz, classic) learning material unless the piece is specifically latin or such like... ok, there are feels (waltz, march, compound time, and I do learn rhythms lick shapes of a bar or two for noodling purposes
..
Am I missing something in the western tradition?
I'm sure percussionists know all about this, but it doesn't seem to be common currency...
I'm sorry if that's a bit vague, like I said, I don't even really have the language to ask.
As some of the background to this question;
The other week we had a concert by Mexican group, Klezmerson... who also held a workshop. At one point the leader asked the drummer to explain what they where doing and they had a long conversation about using some pattern or other, how that changes across the country, god knows. Eastern European it was not, oy gevalt!
Anyway, I just bought a small drum (darbuka) to learn some Dum Tik Tas on
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