Double Bass Playing groups of 5,7,11 notes

[IamGroot]

I occassionally play sax transcriptions with 5 or many more notes per qtr. note.

Any tips on how to execute these.

For 5, I count 12 123 or 123 12.

 

[neilG]

Why not 12345?

 

[Les Fret]

Can you give some examples? Then we know what you mean exactly.

 

[Carl Hillman]

I occassionally play sax transcriptions with 5 or many more notes per qtr. note.

Any tips on how to execute these.

For 5, I count 12 123 or 123 12.

You can suss out the rhythm of odd groups of notes by fitting a word with the same number of syllables in the space instead of counting.

Fer instance: group of 5 = "u-ni-ver-si-ty"

group of 7 = "in-com-pat-i-bil-it-y"

 

[IamGroot]

You can suss out the rhythm of odd groups of notes by fitting a word with the same number of syllables in the space instead of counting.

Fer instance: group of 5 = "u-ni-ver-si-ty"

group of 7 = "in-com-pat-i-bil-it-y"

Thank you. Very practical solution for 5 and 7, which I can adapt for 9,10,11, etc.

9 = TadadaTadadaTadada
10= UniversityUniversity
11=TadadaTadadaUniversity
12=TadadaTadadaTadadaTadada
etc.

 

[Sean Riddle]

The basics of South Indian Solkattu has been helpful for me in playing odd note groupings in pieces. The basic syllables are these:

1 beat=Ta
2 beats=Ta Ka
3 beats=Ta Ki Te
4 beats=Ta Ka Di Me or Ta Ka Jo Nu
5=Ta Ka Ta Ki Te, Ta Ki Te Ta Ka, or Ta Di Gi Na Thom.
And more combinations like this for longer rhythmic phrases.

I'm not an expert by any means in this, but at least knowing these syllables has been helpful in playing and understanding some of the more odd to us Westerners rhythms in some pieces I've been writing/playing.

 

[IamGroot]

I skimmed some solkatu stuff and i think this exactly what i wanted. Will research deeper when i have wifi.

THANKS!

 

[Andy Mopley]

May help, to start with.