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Tag: rhythm

Home›Posts Tagged "rhythm" (Page 3)
  • DanceMusic
    By Jonathan Still
    September 9, 2010 6:25 am
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    Latest research in music perception & cognition

    If there’s one area of music research that really grabs me, it’s music perception & cognition. With astonishing speed, considering it only took place at the ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    July 17, 2010 9:03 am
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    Musicking – the rough guide

    What a fantastic resource this is: a truly whistle-stop guide from the Victoria Sings programme to everything that is current and trending in the world of ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 15, 2009 9:35 am
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    Musical surprises #15: It’s musicians who count weirdly, not dancers

    The term ‘dancers counts’ is often used in a rather perjorative way – as if they’re incapable of seeing and hearing the world normally.  Even dancers ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 9, 2009 5:55 pm
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    Musical surprises #9: Hornpipes are in 3…

    Well, sometimes they are anyway.  For many people, especially dance teachers, ‘hornpipe’ is synonymous with 2/4 time. But there are also triple meter hornpipes, often notated ...
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  • MusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 28, 2008 1:24 pm
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    The bifurcating waltz, moths & Van der Merwe

    Warning: this post may contain traces of moth Spent the day at Senate House Library (the music bit), on one of my regular-ish trawls for new ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    April 6, 2008 11:47 am
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    Rhythm and ‘rhythm’

    Funny how you can be blinded by your own prejudices. I’m afraid I probably am the kind of person who says “I don’t use that button”, ...
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