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Posted By: Les in Chorlton
05-Aug-13 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Setting and keeping tempo in dance bands
Subject: RE: Tech: Setting and keeping tempo in dance bands
thanks Richard I think I can organise that. Are good drummers almost by definition a bit metronomic?
We, the Beech Band, are basically a large collection of 'Improvers'. Some jigs we can play at 108 and some need to be at a staedy 100 or even a bit less. Tunes in 4/4 2/4 and 2/2 are all over the place. How do the core musicians - say melodeon, bass, drum, guitar arrive at the appropriate tempo?