Double-time feel ?

[Low E Louie]

On the sheet of a song I want to learn it says "Double-time feel". Does someone feel like explaining what it is?

[Bruce Lindfield]

The chords keep on passing at the same rate, but you play twice as many notes!!

So - it often happens in Jazz where you might start off playing 4 quarter notes to the bar, walking bass line - say over a 32 bar sequence - then bass and drums will (simultaneously hopefully) double the tempo they are playing/feeling - but the 32 bar chord sequence will carry on as before - so you are then playing 8th notes in every bar!

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

The chords keep on passing at the same rate, but you play twice as many notes!!

Example(1/4 notes):
lG---B---D---E---lF---E---D---B---l

Double-timed(1/8th notes):
lG-G-B-B-D-D-E-E-lF-F-E-E-D-D-B-B-l

Doubletiming again(1/6th notes)-
lGGGGBBBBDDDDEEEElFFFFEEEEDDDDBBBBl

What's cool(sometimes)-
You can play a Straight-time figure on the bass vs. a Halftime feel on the drums...or the drums may be double-timing vs. a Straight bass figure, etc.

Sometimes, you may hear a 4/4 drum groove with a snare hit on "3"(say, rather than the 'normal' 2 & 4)...chances are the drummer is playing the snare in halftime vs. the rest of the kit/the rest of the band.

[Low E Louie]

Thank you both.