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From: cryforhelp
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 19:21:45 -0800
Subject: Re: ..........................Timing (timing.....timing..timing.....timing.........

Howe, Andrew wrote:
>
> I often tap with my head. [snip]...
>
> I know how you feel, though. I'm not the greatest looking dancer,
> because I hear the implied counter rhythms in music, beats that
> aren't really there, so I tend to do the quirky-jerk to a phantom
> drummer. This imaginary rhythm can be a blessing for fills and
> solos, but can also get in the way of solid timing [when I hear
> the ghosts, I tend to rush the beat].
>
> -andy

Hi Andy

I hope you or others on the list will say something more about "implied
counter rhythms." I think I know exactly how you feel, I am always
getting lost in rhythms picked up from the melody. This may also help
to explain why I have so little patience with rap music-- without melody
even the most complicated "direct" rhythms seem... well, dead somehow.
Anyway it would be great to follow a thread on this subject.

Can any of the music theorists on the list define what actually makes up
these "implied counter rhythms," and how to spot them in standard music
notation? Are they noted (or notable) in charts? Realizing here that I
don't even have the language to talk about this subject.

- --cryforhelp--

TFTD: They say that the trouble with canadian comedians
is..................................... timing.