Fuo
Platinum Member
I've always heard people talking about "phrasing" on here, but never really understood what it meant (despite trying to look it up. i just don't get it). I've been working on the bridge to "Zero" by Smashing Pumpkins and I think i'm starting to get it...
The pattern is basically (4/4, 1/8 notes and i left out the cymbals to simply):
When I see a pattern like this I naturally see it as 3+3+3+3+4 (ABB ABB ABB ABB ABBB) because its easier... just do ABB four times, then ABBB once. But, then I think, since its 4/4 and not written as triplets (and it cant be trips since it would then be 6 beats instead of 8), it should be 4+4+4+4 (ABBA BBAB BABB ABBB). This is alot tougher, because now its 4 separate... phrases... So I practice this to a metronome... Once it get it going well with the 'nome I put the music back on and realize that my original/intuitive/easy interpretation was probably correct, it sounds like 3+3+3+3+4 (just evenly spaced)...
So anyway, i think i rambled too long, is this an example of phrasing?
The pattern is basically (4/4, 1/8 notes and i left out the cymbals to simply):
Code:
S: o o o | o o
B: oo oo o|o oo ooo
When I see a pattern like this I naturally see it as 3+3+3+3+4 (ABB ABB ABB ABB ABBB) because its easier... just do ABB four times, then ABBB once. But, then I think, since its 4/4 and not written as triplets (and it cant be trips since it would then be 6 beats instead of 8), it should be 4+4+4+4 (ABBA BBAB BABB ABBB). This is alot tougher, because now its 4 separate... phrases... So I practice this to a metronome... Once it get it going well with the 'nome I put the music back on and realize that my original/intuitive/easy interpretation was probably correct, it sounds like 3+3+3+3+4 (just evenly spaced)...
So anyway, i think i rambled too long, is this an example of phrasing?