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Mark Freeman wrote:
Graham, I do love a bit of good reggae but sometimes the strict accent on the upbeat is not flexible enough for aiki purposes
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Ahhh, Mark.
Like the fella said in the movie 'white men can't jump' ---
'Your hearing the music but your not listening.' Or was it the other way around?
No, but seriously, let me introduce you to a little something about reggae. I remember my old teacher who prided himself with his piano playing. One day composed a piece of music via his musical software on his computer and played it to me joking he was now a master of reggae.
I listened and then laughed to his surprise and said 'we call that english reggae' (by the way it was nothing like ub40) He had emphasized that so called up beat.
I proceded to tell him to listen more from the base line. That is the key. The base covers the first three beats and the fourth is silent so it's; 123_,123_,123_, 123_. Woahhhhh, I feel koshi, all I need now is some harmonies from hara!
Maybe we could put an accent in that space and it would be like a sword?
Mmmm. Think I'll leave the musical translation of Aikido to my son on second thoughts.
Regards.G.