BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
6531 / 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 →

47.94This is an important arranging distinction

You now know at least three fundamentally different ways to create rhythmic complexity:

Change the meter

5/4.

Use additive grouping

2+2+2+3 in 9/8.

Keep the meter but contradict it

3+3+2 or displaced motifs inside 4/4.

These sound related superficially but require different mental skills.