Hi Barbara, One of the easiest ways to get some of the more unusual time signatures into your head is to find a word or set of words with the rhythm and repeat them to get it set. An example would be "Henry Kissinger" for 5/4 so if you say Hen-ry-Kiss-in-ger, Hen-ry-Kiss-in-ger you get 12-123, 12-123. One of my favorites came from John and Anna Peekstok of Telynor. They were learning a new tune from I believe eastern europe. The mnemonic they came up with to get the irregular rhythm was "eat 'em up nemesis alligator, eat 'em up nemesis alligator, alligator." So 123, 123, 1234, 12, 123, 1234, 1234.
Hope this makes sense. You can get the feel and count very easily doing this and the sillier they are the easier they are to remember. :-) Cali > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
