DANCE 21A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: W. C. Handy, Duple Coachbuilders, Louis Armstrong
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In order to show what a beat is you have to physically perform it. The breakdown of a beat into shorter sub-beats. 6 subdivisions can be divided in both duple and triple. How many beats per cycle/ pattern of beats. You swing in the first level of subdivision, not the beat itself. No exact mathematical measurement of how to swing. Wc handy - self proclaimed inventor of jazz. A system of symbolic representations of concepts. Dot - appears to the right of a note head and increases the duration of the note by half the value of the note. Time signature - ratio that represents meter/beat-note, only for written music. Tie- arcing line that connects two note heads. Another way to extend a note; can cross a bar. Turns blues from cultural practice written and consistent form. Defines improvised solo as the center of jazz.
