Table of Contents-Rhythmic Development and Performance in 4/4

Rhythmic Styles and Feels in 4/4 • 1
Swing • 2
Brazilian • 11
Afro-Cuban • 30
Styles from Other Latin American Countries • 54
Music From the English Caribbean • 57
New Orleans • 65
Funk • 67
Ballads • 78
Other Feels and Styles • 83


Performance: Relationship to the Beat, and Phrasing • 87
Relationship to the Beat • 87
Phrasing • 91


Feeling Time and Form • 100
Feeling the Beat • 100
Feeling the Beat in More Rhythmically Complex Situations • 101
Feeling Song Form and Cadences • 102

Defining the Time in Your Playing • 104
Unaccompanied and Accompanied Chorus Exercise • 104

Very Fast and Slow Tempos • 114
Slow Tempos • 114
Fast Tempos • 114
Fast and Slow Tempos Performed by the Masters • 117

Performance: Playing with Others • 119

Interaction • 120
Introduction • 120
Listening and Overcoming Obstacles to Listening • 120
Overcoming Other Obstacles to Interaction • 124
Soloist/Accompanist Interaction • 130
Rhythm Section Interaction • 140

Developing a Rhythmic Idea • 147
Rhythmic Development Techniques • 147
Combining Rhythmic Development Techniques • 165
Using Rhythmic Development Techniques • 168
Rhythmic Development Examples • 169

Conclusions • 178

Appendices • 179
Appendix I: Swing Exercises • 179
Appendix II: Exercises With Simultaneous Parts • 186
Appendix III: The Transcription Process • 187
Appendix IV: Drum Calls • 188
Appendix V: Transcription Projects • 190