From Gil Yaker Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 14:58
From Gil Yaker Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 14:58
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Irene McC wrote:
> Oops, no - - - hang on!
>
> 3/4 time = waltz. Think *1*, 2, 3 / *1*, 2, 3
> (boom chick chick)
> 4/4 time on the other hand is a whole variety of things:
> Generally *1*, 2, 3, 4 or 1, 2, *3*, 4 or *1*, 2, *3*, 4
> or, obviously with the 4 on the floor we all _love_ every beat is
> equally valued, ie *1*, *2*, *3*, *4* BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
> Reggae / dub might give you : 1, 2, 3, 4 *and*/ or 1, *2*, 3, 4
Cool! Glad someone finally brought this up. I seem to recall a few black
dog tracks written in 3/4 or 6/8 but with them, like you mentioned, the
emphasis is usually on the first beat. That group The Young Gods always
messed with crazy time signatures like 9/8 or 12/4 great stuff.
But this brings up a good point. Locally I've always seen (and been a part
of) heated discussions about the Nature of drum and bass. I usually belong
to the (solitary) school that posits D'n'B is really the same as techno.
As in, the are many more similarities between the dance opposites, than
most people realize or think, or would like to believe. So my final theory
on the differences between the two stryles was that with techno you have
the emphasis on each beat, and being a little less concise, the emphasis
is on the 1 and the 3. But the emphasis in D'n'B seems to always be on the
2 and the 4, hence the funky, syncopated nature, since the producers are
playing off the beats that we naturally don't expect the emphasis to fall
upon.
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