How to Play Music in 9/8
Unless you grew up in the Balkans, 9/8 and other time signatures are hard to feel! However, identifying and entraining with non-isochronal pulses will help you 1) become a better musician and 2) hopefully maybe be a better person by being able to connect with a different culture.
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PAPER’S CITED
https://www.pnas.org/content/106/7/2468 (Newborns detect beats)
https://bit.ly/2M8BoTx (Measuring Aksak rhythms in Transylvania)
https://bit.ly/2QOIVY7 (human specificity of beat synchronization)
GENERAL BALKAN FOLK DANCE RESOURCES
https://folkdancefootnotes.org/begin/...
http://sfdh.us/encyclopedia/9-8_dance...
http://babayagamusic.com/Music/nine-e...
https://www.revolvy.com/page/Bulgaria...
David Bruce Composer’s video that mentions Cameroonian 9/8 (among other things!)
• Radiohead and the Rhythmic Illusion
Irish Slipjig (9/8)
• 6 TIME WORLD CHAMPION Claire Greaney ...
• 3 Slip jigs - Planxty 1980
9/8 Dances Used -
• Sareni Tsourapi - Χάλκινα Ηχοχρώματα ... (Sareni Tsourapi) Greece
• Болгарский танец хоро Бяла роза (Biala Rosa) Bulgaria
• Грънчарско хоро (potter’s dance) Bulgaria
• deksi band niska banja (Niška Banja) Serbia
• Video (Niška Banja) Serbia
• Antikristos Karsilamas 9 10 17 (Antikristos Karsilamas) Greece
• Formatia Live - Schioapa si Brasovean... (Schioapa) Romania
• Oyun havası karşılama karadeniz Giresun (karşılama) Turkey
• Sareni Tsourapi - Μακεδονικό Μεράκι /... (Sareni Tsourapi) Greece
Meshuggah, OG’s of the isochronal entraining element
• Meshuggah - Demiurge (Live At The Dow...
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Adam