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Old 08-17-2010, 06:51 PM
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"Double Time," ca. >= 1970, <= 2010: how, where? explain...

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Listening to "Parker 51," on a Stan Getz compilation (1951-1952), an archetypical bass strategy stuck out: quarters as eighths, per "double time."

Not a cliche, but a legitimate technique: appropriately busy, but harmonically easier for the listener, including soloists, and more harmonically assertive for the opportunistic bassist. A venerable technique, with tradition reaching back to early jazz (I stop there), through Jimmy Blanton, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, and so, so many, many others.

NOTE: I do not promote this technique; I only acknowledge its strengths in this thread.

Did the technique evolve, informing styles other than walking?

For argument's sake, yes... How about Prestia's, "What is Hip?" He saw the possibilities -- latin sixteenths instead of swing eighths, with a more syncopated and contrapuntal understanding. And, then, the standard disco lines of ca. 1970-1975?

Can we cite examples (okay, beyond synth/techno pop) in music ca. > 1990?

Okay, your turn...

Last edited by f.clef : 08-21-2010 at 10:06 AM. Reason: Spelling: "Lo Presti" -- !!??
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