{"id":64,"date":"2012-09-30T04:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdxdrummer.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/30\/alan-dawson-ruff-bossa\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T18:03:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T18:03:31","slug":"alan-dawson-ruff-bossa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxdrummer.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/30\/alan-dawson-ruff-bossa\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Dawson’s \u201cRuff Bossa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re laying it on pretty thick<\/a> with the Reed interpretations right now, but I just went over this with a student, so I need to put up one more. It’s a swing interpretation with partially filled-in triplets, using the 8th note rest and syncopation sections of Reed (pp. 29-44 in the old edition). Alan Dawson called this the \u201cRuff Bossa\u201d<\/a> interpretation for reasons I can’t fathom\u2014 there are no ruffs involved, and I can’t discern the Bossa Nova connection.<\/p>\n

So here’s how to interpret each written beat of the exercises, based on how the notes sound; after p. 32 \u00a0you’ll be dealing with rhythms that are equivalent to the ones below, but are written differently.<\/p>\n

Play written 8th notes as alternating swing 8ths:<\/p>\n

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Play written quarter notes (or the equivalent) as an 8th note triplet with a RLL sticking, accenting the right hand:<\/p>\n

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Play notes sounding on an & only <\/i>as a triplet with a RRL sticking, accenting left:<\/p>\n

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On beats where there’s no note sounding\u2014 like if there’s a rest, or the end of a tied\/dotted note, or some combination thereof\u2014 use whichever triplet sticking you like, but don’t accent.<\/p>\n

Examples after the break:<\/p>\n

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So line one of Exercise 1<\/a>, p. 37 in Syncopation would be played as follows, swinging the 8th notes as above:<\/p>\n

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And line one of Exercise 2:<\/p>\n

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I should also note that you should not play the accents too mechanically; they need to have a dynamic contour of their own. In general you should accent written tied notes, \u201changing\u201d &s with nothing sounding in the next beat, and occasional notes on or off the beat during a longer run of 8th notes. The triplet filler notes should be played very quietly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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