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Course Description

Summary

This will be a performance-oriented ensemble exploring the rich and varied tradition of music written in odd time signatures (3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/8, 11/8 to name a few). We will choose songs from the folk traditions of Turkey, Bulgaria and other parts of the world, then look at how jazz composers started to embrace these non-duple meters (and still do so today). By examining and feeling these rhythmic patterns in units of 2 and 3 (simple, right?), we will learn to feel more comfortable playing and improvising (and who knows -- maybe even dancing!) to these exotic pulses.