The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127786 Message #2854712
Posted By: SteveMansfield
03-Mar-10 - 03:04 AM
Thread Name: when changing time signatures
Subject: RE: when changing time signatures
I would hold the final note of Drummond Castle a little longer than its full beat then play the upbeat into Sleep soon i da Morning. That way you can think yourself into the new rhythm.
A variant of that idea would be for the harps to hold the final note of Drummond Castle and, over that held note, the recorder to start Sleep soon i da Morning (or vice versa on the instruments of course) - that way the change of rhythm and tempo will be a deliberate 'junction' in the set of tunes, and the difference in tempo and rhythm becomes a feature not a bug.
It's an old trick but never fails to work - it does of course put a certain responsibility and exposure onto the shoulders of whoever ends up starting the second tune, but that's what rehearsals are for :)