Here's a common version of Beaumont Rag that's square and well phrased:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ
Jeff
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 1:09 AM Roger Diggle via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Beaumont Rag is a tune that is incredibly versionated. Without
>versionated
Oh, now THAT's a keeper!
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I've been wondering during this whole thread if their version involves
punching the heck out of the hemiola in the B part?
(hemiola: Italian for "I'm going to mess with your head by moving the
emPHAsis to a new syLAHble")
People who aren't paper-traine
Jeff,
How would you describe the phrase structure of the version of Beaumont Rag that
you just cited? A A B B? A1 A2 B1 B2? A B? Something else?
In the instructional video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2Wb6nIjlU
the narrator begins (0:00-0:39) by playing a similar version of the tune.
Can I just say that I really enjoy the depth of the rabbit holes we're
willing to go down on here, and how much fun it is to take a dive
along with *other people* who don't think it's weird at all?
On 5/2/22, jim saxe via Contra Callers
wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> How would you describe the phrase structu
Amy,
Thanks for the lesson about hemiolas.
Since your ears are far more musically educated than mine, perhaps you can say
somethinng informative about this rendition of Beaumont Rag by Mark O'Connor
that I cited in an earlier message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJuXNiybth0
For the f
Hi Jim,
I'd describe the one I linked (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTuWotf7TQ)
as AABB. He's not playing it the same each time through, and parts have
various fancy endings, but I still hear AABB.
Jeff
On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 12:23 PM jim saxe wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> How would you describe the
Jeff,
Based on how I hear the tune with my not-very-musically-educated ears, I can
understand why you might describe it as AABB (with the A and B parts both
having first and second endings). But if you happen to have published sources
for the tune, I'd be interested in knowing whether they nota
