Steve Giordano Instructional-PolyRhythms & Metric Modulation

[yokiddingme]

hevy devy

[Brom24]

I love Giordano's pizza



[jzguru1]

@Brom24 Brilliant! Just Brilliant

[BABAHARIDASS]

Excellent way of describing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jzguru1]

@BABAHARIDASS Thank you. I tried to go to your channel but it didn't exist.

Good Luck!

Steve Giordano

[Q8BrutalRocker]

i am new to this polyrhythm, and i am very interested in many ways, i am just gathering informations about it! i kinda get the concept here, but dont understand whats up with the something (over) (/) something.. confused me (ex. 3/4)

Is it the timing switching you are going through in a piece?

[jzguru1]

@Q8BrutalRocker Hello, I'm not sure what is not clear to you. 3/4 simply stands for the time signature whereas there are 3 beats per measure and the bottom number "4" represents the type of note that would signify a beat. Thus 3/4 means "3" beats of quarter notes "4" getting one beat.

In the context of this video I am showing how two different tempos (speeds) can actually co-exist.

Ciao,

Steve Giordano (jzguru)

[Smutley13]

Great vid, explains polyrhythms much clearer than most others on Youtube!

[bluejack00]

Correction I meant 2 dotted quarters.

[jzguru1]

@bluejack00

Yes. I like to try to feel it rather then get mathematical about it. This way, one will use these relationships more aesthetically.

[bluejack00]

Hi Steve, thanks for the clear explaination of how to split a measure of 3/4 into 2 dotted 1/8 notes.

(1 + 2) (+  3 +)

Is going back to a feel of three the same as the usual 3 over 2 that we hear so often?

My beat to you.

Keith

[shorabali]

tabs?

[supernovasky]

So if I understand it, its basically keeping the same "spacing" between notes but putting them into different time signatures to get a different rhythm so you're actually changing the tempo also. So its like a fraction To explain what I'm saying I'll try to understand the math .... A half note at 100bpm in 4/4 time (so 2 in the measure) is equal in length to 3 half notes at 150bpm right?

[jzguru1]

If you did the math I would think you may be correct. But, the way I look at it, the same amount of real time takes place between the two different tempos. When you think about it this way and use the analogy of seconds (or even milliseconds) any amount of time can be divided into any number. Example, if someone wanted to fit 123 beats (arbitrary number) into 4 seconds, there would be a certain speed (tempo) that would fit perfectly theoretically, but not exactly "natural" as 3 against 4. :)

[supernovasky]

Ahh thank you!

[janken919]

I got it, but some others might not.

[insatyr08]

@janken919 OMG YOUR SO SMARTZ

[TheBlackPage1]

What's the name of the tune you're playing? I really really love it!

[jzguru1]

Bluesette (Toots Thielman) learn the melody and play along. :)

[TheBlackPage1]

Thank you! :)

[jajaboo]

is that 4/4 to 3/4

[jzguru1]

Actually no, it's 3/4 to 4/4 or, as some may prefer to say, 2 against 3. The dotted quarter note in 3/4 creates the 4/4 within the 3/4 as there are 2 even beats in each 3/4 measure.

Steve

[sidethehead]

Thanks for posting that, Steve. Very interesting, and nicely explained. I'll be fiddling around with that.

[SteveFeces]

Very cool video, thanks for the lesson!

[lemongonggong]

i watched all your videos and i really like them. U really explain so clearly..Great teacher. Really looking forward to your videos. Hope u'll come out with some for the beginners like me...=)

[tomtowle]

I love going from triple to duple on this tune. Thanks for sharing. I use the augmentation technique of extending the length of the first quarter note in triple. I do it intuitively but always appreciate hearing it explained to me.

[jasonreiner]

you explain so clearly. more please. i am starting music jiu jitsu. any chance i can throw a couple questions about metric modulation at you? something i'm trying to work out. . . thanks

[jzguru1]

Sure go right ahead

[jasoncasper16]

Steve--you are a great performer and a wonderful educator!!! I am still hoping to one day get a lesson in Philly!