BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
11278 / 18210 · Workshop 93 — Tempo Architecture and Rubato: Ritardando, Accelerando, Fermatas, Metric Modulation, Free Time, and Returning to Pulse Without Losing the Listener← prev⊞ allnext →

93.24Level 13 — tempo change without silence

Much harder.

120 → 80 directly while continuing.

If the listener cannot locate the new pulse:

it sounds like an error.

Use a shared subdivision relationship.

That leads us toward metric modulation.