Re: Foot timing

["Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>]

it may help to imagine that footstep as a part of the piece, like a drum 
beat to be played
with the foot. dancing around and incorporating that step into the groove.

i had an interesting expierience trying to loop on the last beat four of a 
four bar phrase.
it was much harder to do than stepping on the big one, although that 
particular beat four was a pause...

my timing got better by stepping with verve, stomping hard down on that 
mother.
it was loud, so when i heard these stomps in the loop, i practiced 
stomping 
rhythmically precise but soft.

well, all you loopers out there will know what it means to have to listen 
to 
a badly closed loop
until your piece is over...


smooth looping to everybody!

tilmann

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "samba -" <sambacomet@hotmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:56 PM
Subject: Foot timing


>
>  The problem of anticipation is, perhaps, the most common problem  for 
> rhythm students. One can focus on counting the spaces as well as the 
>down 
> beats,1e + a 2e + a etc,and practice entering on each of the 
>subdivisions. 
> Slower tempos are harder. In several ways it's harder to play slow than 
> fast. Empty space can be the most difficult  element in music(and in 
> shooting pool,maybe in life in general.)
>  Another thing that can help is examining the actual foot technique- is 
>it 
> stable, Is the heel on or off the ground ,is the motion throwing the 
>rest 
> of the body off balance,such to throw timing? Also how long does it take 
> the pedal action to work It's necessary for the action to complete on 
>the 
> beat ,which may mean it has to start slightly before. This is why some 
> people play shakers or tamborines off time ,they aren't thinking about 
>the 
> travel time for the moving parts,another empty space issue.
>
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