Re: Foot timing

[Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net>]

Beautiful, beautiful.
With your permission, I would like to copy this into my notebook of rhythm.
If I quote it (all or part) to another, I will give you full credit.
Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
www.thecoyote.org
coyotelk@optonline.net

"Let these minutes and hours
Show my mind strange new flowers"
- Jackson Browne

samba wrote:


>   The problem of anticipation is, perhaps, the most common problem  for
> rhythm students. One can focus on counting the spaces as well as the down
> beats,1e + a 2e + a etc,and practice entering on each of the 
>subdivisions.
> Slower tempos are harder. In several ways it's harder to play slow than
> fast. Empty space can be the most difficult  element in music(and in
> shooting pool,maybe in life in general.)
>   Another thing that can help is examining the actual foot technique- is
it
> stable, Is the heel on or off the ground ,is the motion throwing the rest
of
> the body off balance,such to throw timing? Also how long does it take the
> pedal action to work It's necessary for the action to complete on the 
>beat
> ,which may mean it has to start slightly before. This is why some people
> play shakers or tamborines off time ,they aren't thinking about the 
>travel
> time for the moving parts,another empty space issue.