Hamonic Time pt 1 -- Jerry Leake

Описание: Part 1 of 3 -- examples from my article "Harmonic Time: Multidimensional awareness of polyrhythms, polytempos, and polyfeels." Go to rhombuspublishing.com -- select articles -- to view the entire paper.

Harmonic Time is a deeply profound awareness of multidimensional layers of rhythmic activity. In tonal harmony, musical notes are combined to represent interval relationships that define the quality of a given chord. A minimum of three notes is needed to form a triad. Similarly three layers of time awareness form the framework of a harmonic time sensibility. This can be achieved using two methods: 1) body kinesthetics with drum vocables that establish intellectual focus on a given time structure, and 2) African bell and support patterns to achieve limb independence for applying multiple time layers on musical instruments.

As a multiple percussionist I am regularly creating alternate instrumental set-ups to complement diverse styles of contemporary music. In these situations, alternate ways of realizing rhythm, independence of voices, and applications also become necessary tools. This article examines how the mind divides into categories for establishing multiple time perspectives: that is to say, harmonic layers of time that may help to free the body, mind, and soul of musical tension and hesitation.