Full Band Performance of 7/4 Tunes - Earth Rise by Darius Brubeck
Lesson time: (6min 13sec)
A full-band performance of Darius Brubeck's Earth Rise in 7/4. Watch how the quartet holds the odd-time feel, then play along with the interactive notation.
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This lesson is part of the course Mastering Odd Times
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Lesson transcript:
Music Lesson: Exploring 7/4 Time Signature
This is a program that really consists of listening in 7/4.
- We'll be playing complete takes in 7/4.
- Different feel, different style, but still in 7/4.
Key Focus
- Try to keep that in mind.
- Try to keep track of what's happening with the time.
- Focus on the different instruments.
- Observe what everyone in the quartet is doing.
This should really help solidify what we've been talking about up to here.
About the instructor
Darius Brubeck is a noted jazz pianist and educator. He has released numerous albums as a leader, toured internationally with his own groups, and collaborated with his brothers on Brubecks Play Brubeck. Darius has served as a Fulbright visiting professor in Romania and Turkey. He initiated the first degree course in jazz offered by an African university, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where he taught until 2005. Darius often collaborates with Mike Rossi, saxophonist and Professor of Music at the University of Cape Town. Mike's achievements include numerous recordings and international stage appearances as leader, soloist, and sideman with Tony Bennett, Dave Liebman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, George Russell, Clark Terry and Alessio Menconi, among others. With Darius as your guide, you'll get straight to the "good stuff". In Harmony 101 he demystifies jazz harmony so you can start putting it to use fast, and in Mastering Odd Times he breaks down how to play and improvise confidently in unusual time signatures. read more