Activity – Ben Geyer – Humanities Commons

Ben Geyer replied to the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 5 years, 11 months ago

Garrett,

Thanks for responding to this! I’m working on hierarchy within cyclical chord progressions (I do think at least some aspects are hierarchical) but certainly don’t want to be chasing windmills.

Ben
Ben Geyer replied to the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago

To clarify (because of the font change): that progression is I-V-I-V, with one chord per bar.
Ben Geyer started the topic V in Rhythm Changes in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago

Dear SMT JIG,

I wonder if any of you would give me your opinion on a question that’s been bugging me for ages. Let’s say we agree that you can reduce rhythm changes to |I|V|I|V| in the first four measures. Do you hear those Vs as back-related? Front-related? Depends on comping vs. soloing? Depends on the line being played? Depends on something…[Read more]
Ben Geyer replied to the topic SMT 2019 Meeting in the discussion Society for Music Theory – Jazz Interest Group on Humanities Commons 6 years, 3 months ago

Garrett,

This is a great idea, and I like the game plan. Thanks for organizing this!

Sincerely,

Ben Geyer

Ben Geyer