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Ricardo
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RE: Following palmas (in reply to tele)
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ORIGINAL: tele OK thanks, is there a reason why the downbeat is on the last beat instead of the first? Yes. Because of the slow tempo concept of solea counting phrases from 1 to 10 became the basis for teaching the rhythm. THey don't even count to 12. They think of the musical phrase that happens over beats 1-10 as important and the last two beats as the "space" between cycles. In spanish, if compas is ever counted, it is counted uno dos tres, quatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve dies, un dos, uno dos tres, etc. So even though that makes no music notation logic, it is the traditional method for dealing with the compas. When tempo increases, what were once accents of one song form become heavy beats of the faster version. THe counting simply ties the different 12 count forms together into one group or family of songs, despite the obvious differences of FEELING that occur when tempos are significantly different. When playing for dance we deal with this issue head on as we must follow a dancer's lead regarding tempo as they take us from one slow tempo and form and feeling, building it up to pass into another with an unbroken thread. It can be done gradually or rapidly but the point is that every musician has to change their internal feeling at some point in order to feel comfortable with the new faster song form. AT the point of transition, a common thing is to notice the foot taps become different. THis event need not occur at the same time for every performer because the counting of the cycle is unbroken, but normally if the guitar changes the feeling everyone catches that and goes with it. Ricardo
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