Posted by: Jean Olivia
Playing "cut " time - 01/31/02 06:03 AM
I wonder how you all play "cut time" or "alla breve" with the arranger. I can't find any styles created especially for this. I get around it by playing 2 bars of the music to 1 bar of the rhythmn backing. To give an example--For Hasta Manana, with "Romantic swing' from the Big Band on the KN 5000- I fit "where is the spring and the" into one bar of backing at tempo 88. This gives me almost the result I am after although the accent is not quite right. One advantage is that you can use the No 4 variation which is often too busy-- Its quite nice when its spread over 2 bars instead of one.Any other suggestions? This is a great site, I love it.Jean olivia.