Friends Don't Let Friends Clap on One and Three: A Backbeat Clapping Study

Post by javert » Sun, Nov 02, 2014, 12:08 AM UTC

bonjovial wrote: post #66

javert wrote: post #52

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Conversely, how do you detect a Democrat? Don't worry, it's easy. They go around calling anyone who disagrees with them names, like "old, square, uptight, or alien."

Oh. And we all just learned not to expect Republicans or Libertarians to understand the concept of..."joke". You just confirmed the parent comment's point.

Post by djeikyb » Sun, Nov 02, 2014, 3:14 PM UTC

maroonblazer wrote: post #56

spenuke wrote: post #3

Duke Ellington routinely gave his audiences a lesson in his inimitable style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPcZ5ex2t-g Harry Connick Jr. didn't bother educating his European audience with any explanation. He simply skips a beat, and then they're clapping on 2 and 4. It happens after the first sung chorus. You can see the drummer raise his hands in joy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD3iaURppQw And, of course, th…

Wow, that Gaillard piece is awesome. My sense of time improved immeasurably when I switched the metronome from counting on 1 & 3 to 2 & 4. It's now one of the first pieces of advice I give to budding musicians. That, and learn everything you play in all 12 keys.

Post by rlucas » Fri, Nov 07, 2014, 6:34 PM UTC

javert wrote: post #52

rlucas wrote: post #18

My circle of friends used to joke about the "Republican Test." You administer it like this: play the song "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," ideally the Marvin Gaye version, and ask the subject to "clap along with the music" however he or she feels. Our unscientific observations showed a high correlation with 1/3 clapping and being old, square, uptight, or an alien from an unfunky and obsolete dying planet.

Conversely, how do you detect a Democrat? Don't worry, it's easy. They go around calling anyone who disagrees with them names, like "old, square, uptight, or alien."