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6438 / 18210 · Workshop 47 — “Freedom Jazz Dance”: Displaced Accents, Motifs That Refuse the Barline, Quartal Harmony, and Making 4/4 Feel Unstable Without Changing Meter← prev⊞ allnext →

47.1Establish boring 4/4 first

Count:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Foot:

1, 2, 3, 4.

Nothing unusual.

Now clap every beat.

The first requirement is absolute:

4/4 must remain internally secure before we start disguising it.

Otherwise displacement becomes losing your place.