[linux-audio-dev] XAP: a polemic

[David Olofson]

On Tuesday 17 December 2002 04.34, Tim Goetze wrote:
> David Olofson wrote:
> >In fact, if you try just playing along with your sequencer, you'll
> >quickly realize that just counting doesn't work. Try it!
> >
> >(Hint: Input it step-time first, and play it. Listen to the
> > wandering *relation* between the beats. Start easy with 2:3, 3:4
> > etc.)
>
> give me a break, please.
>
> i've spent one year alone on practicing rhythm against and with
> a metronome. i've played along with sequencers when you probably
> thought 5/4 was just the same as 1.2. i've played with musicians
> from europe as well as from colombia, africa or turkey (nobody
> from india yet unfortunately, but i haven't given up and will
> do when i get there). i've played with trained musicians from
> conservatories, and i've played with drunken fools on jam sessions.
>
> i still don't know much about music, but i do have some practice
> in playing along with strange rhythm.

Well, then you *should* know more than I do about these matters. What 
am I supposed to say?


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