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Originally Posted by fasstrack
Coming up in band/orchestra I was mostly trained that the only noises you should make (tapping or otherwise) should come from your instrument. So my own personal tap if it happens at all is a silent one.
Mingus's group was full of stomps and claps and whoops (that old church meeting feel) and it really worked with his style.
Everyone has their own thing. If your thing bothers other people then you have to weigh the benefit to you vs the detriment to them. There really is no right or wrong, just accepted and unaccepted, and that changes depending on your audience.
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10-04-2016 09:05 AM
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Never tap your foot on 2 and 4 in a Reggae band!
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Originally Posted by David B
'Joel, you're my friend, but would you mind giving me, you and everyone in a 10 block radius a break and not pat so loud?'
I mean he taught me a lot about rehearsing a band. He has his 'ways' for sure. Some think him stiff and/or not nice. Not me. He helped me. He is wise and articulate and part of our history. He's one of many I was lucky to be exposed to...
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I guess it's like playing:
It either sounds good or it doesn't and what you do is depending on what is being played.
If you can play great and 2&4 sounds good while you do so I doubt that anybody will have a problem with that. If you are playing a samba or a merenque then maybe 2&4 isn't that great?
Maybe think about it this way: If you tap your foot loudly then make sure it fits with what is going on, if it's audible it's an instrument and you have to control it, otherwise it's ruining things.
(And could you please stop singing along Keith!)
Jens
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I foot-tap sometimes, playing acoustic blues mostly, but it can get a little sloppy. For that reason, I don't fetishize it, and I sure as hell don't make it very audible.
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Originally Posted by JensL
Someone gave me the Live at Deer's Head Inn CD and I love the trio, but I cannot listen to more than a few minutes before the 'vocalising' becomes unbearable.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
(about a fate deserved by a rotten individual):
He should only go on an interminable train ride sitting between Keith Jarrett and a guy loudly crinkling a candy bar wrapper.
AND not be allowed to get up'.
I KID Keith Jarrett, ladies and germs...
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I don't, never have. It seems to me that in order to tap one's foot, that tapping is coming from an internal sense of time. It makes more sense to me and seems much more natural and direct to connect one's playing to one's internal sense of time rather than following a mechanical foot pat that is serving as a proxy for that same internal source.
The importance of rhythm in jazz especially is so paramount it seems peculiar to me that so many continue patting; I would think that with time and experience more would find how to connect directly to their internal time sense and eventually discontinue using the remedial mechanics of motion to reflect it.
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It's not a good idea to use it for keeping time but if it just happens, whatever. When the music really grooves, the tapping or bouncing is right on also. If not, the taps and bounces will make it worse most likely.
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Originally Posted by pauln
But you can't create that deep body rhythm by moving your foot haha.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Step together step together step together
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The pianist in my group sings along with his solos. I'd rather he didn't, but if it helps him...
As far as foot tapping - I really don't know what I do. As long as I'm feeing the beat in my body, I don't think it matters much. And I'm not watching anybody else's feet, so it doesn't distract me if they're doing it differently.
I mean... it's not a marching band.Last edited by Boston Joe; 10-05-2016 at 06:41 PM.
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
A second line band, though.
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Originally Posted by pauln
Last edited by matt.guitarteacher; 10-06-2016 at 06:30 AM.
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