Comments on: syncopation in music and management http://www.thinkfetti.com/archives/45 interconnections are the story Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: rwparker http://www.thinkfetti.com/archives/45/comment-page-1#comment-1632 rwparker Tue, 27 May 2008 20:43:08 +0000 http://www.thinkfetti.com/archives/45#comment-1632 Interesting thoughts on syncopation. Usually, I tell my musicians to "accent the rest" --hit the silence just as hard as you hit the notes. Regarding the first point: You can't tell that you're syncopating if you can't tell that you're "playing in the holes" between the beats. As when, for example, there just isn't any air between the notes (e.g, Bach's running 16ths). Or in other words, I can't syncopate until you shut up for a moment--because just a moment is all you need. Another way of looking at your second point, the management problem: One of my mentors says, "How can you know that you've gotten what you wanted if you don't know what you want?" Interesting thoughts on syncopation. Usually, I tell my musicians to “accent the rest” –hit the silence just as hard as you hit the notes.

Regarding the first point: You can’t tell that you’re syncopating if you can’t tell that you’re “playing in the holes” between the beats. As when, for example, there just isn’t any air between the notes (e.g, Bach’s running 16ths). Or in other words, I can’t syncopate until you shut up for a moment–because just a moment is all you need.

Another way of looking at your second point, the management problem: One of my mentors says, “How can you know that you’ve gotten what you wanted if you don’t know what you want?”

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