Swinglines : rhythm, timing, and polymeter in musical phrasing / Fernando Benadon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benadon, Fernando, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in music theory.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in music theory

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical meter and rhythm.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The way rhythm is taught in Western classrooms and music lessons is rooted in a centuries-old European approach that favors metric levels within a grand symmetrical grid. 'Swinglines' encourages readers to experience rhythms, even gridded ones, as freewheeling affairs irrespective of the metric hierarchy. It shows that rhythms traditionally framed as 'deviations' and 'non-isochronous' have their own identities. They are coherent products of precise musical thought and action. Rather than situating them in the neither-here-nor-there, author Fernando Benadon takes a more inclusive view, one where isochrony and metric grids are shown as particular cases within the universe of musical time.

Contents:

Swing theory

Downbeat sound

Voice and beat

My neighbor the triplet

Traversals

Onset space

Hybrids

When polymeters attack

Shifting accents

Reflections.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-766000-2

0-19-765998-5

0-19-765999-3

OCLC:

1376937702