Frank zappa roxy and elsewhere6/15/2023 ![]() ![]() Steady bass beats you can find in "Dancin' fool", 2nd "Flakes" example, and "Heidelberg".Ģ) Syncopic figures and pauses on beats. "Promiscuous", "Strictly genteel", "This is a test" and the 1st "Jesus thinks you're a jerk" example. "Willy the pimp", "Billy the mountain", "Eat that question", "City of tiny lights" 1976 version, theme from "Outside now", "I ain't got no heart", "Absolutely free", "Agency man", Some examples in this study where on beat happens most of the time: It's hardly interesting to say that Zappa also does this, I'm just mentioning itįor statistical completeness. Still you need to look at all the individual examples and their comment in this study to get a better idea of the variety in Zappa's rhythms. A very general subdivision could be a partition into three as below, with Zappa doing all two or three in Rhythm can take thus many forms - and with Zappa actually applying them uninhibitedly - that it is virtually undoable While the number of sorts of meters for practical purposes is limited, Presentations as the table above offer no absolute figures.īelow at "Echidna's arf (of you)" I'm giving an overview of polyrhythms in the shape of two meters being used simultaneously. It should be noted that meters and rhythms allow notational variants, so The general idea may be clear: though 4/4 is also the most common meter in Zappa's music, The odd meters vary between relatively normal ones as 5/4 and really unusual ones as 33/32 in "Punky's whips". Included are columns that mark if an example contains tempo changes or irregular rhythmic groupings. Gives an overview of the meters used in all examples in this study. The remainder of this section looks at examples from "Roxy and elsewhere" and four other ZFT releases surrounding this CD. This section is not to give examples from all corners from Zappa's rhythmical universe, but only to start with briefly summarizing the subject. Examples are numerous and dealt with throughout this study and the intention of His desire for odd meters and rhythms is outspoken. ![]() The other core members wereīruce Fowler (trombone), Ralph Humphrey (drums) and Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, saxophone and flute). Part of The Roxy band with George Duke, Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood and FZ. Given here are the subsequent bars with their meters: I", pages 36-37 the Burnt weeny sandwich sectionĬontains some bars). "Burnt weeny sandwich" (see "The Frank Zappa songbook vol. Is 3/4 for the whole melody, or very versatile like in "Igor's Boogie, phase 1" from Zappa's use of meters can either be stable, like the "Uncle Meat main title theme", that ROXY AND ELSEWHERE: METERS AND RHYTHMS TABLE WITH METERS
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