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I couldn't think of a better way to prove my point that without completely annotated music, for thosw wishing to perform the music as its creators intended, a properly qualified recording is a defining document. A qualified recording is one made by the creator(s) of the music or those known to be aware of and to deliberately implement that tradition. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Hamm" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The waltz (was Which U.S. orchestra recorded first and Arthur Fiedler) > James Brown is noted for pushing the ONE beat, creating the amazing > rhythmic drive of his music. > > Russ Hamm > > My assumption has always been that the rock'n'roll drummers of >>that period simply weren't competent enough to master that, and >>instead went to the "one-two-THREE-four" that backed up rock >>from that point until much later. Contemporary pop music uses >>a "funk" dance rhythm that is lifted from Black artists, most >>notably James Brown...which, if carefully analyzed, turns out >>to be based on the old tango rhythm. >> >>Anybody out there in Radio-Land make any sense of this? >> >>Steven C. Barr > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > Russ Hamm > Ed Tech Specialist > National School District (http://nsd.us) > San Diego County, California > tel. (619) 336-7752 > FAX (619) 336-7551 > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 > >