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Time, Metre and Groove
Where the beat is, being late on purpose, and why nobody agrees on the tempo
The drummers · the metronome · Beethoven · 3 chapters · 9 min read
Where the beat is, being late on purpose, and why nobody agrees on the tempo.
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Time
- 01The Beat Is Something You SupplyOn a pulse that is not in the sound, and the argument about clapping.
- 02Slightly Late, on PurposeOn twenty milliseconds, and why the quantised version feels dead.
- 03Nobody Agrees How Fast It GoesOn markings nobody obeys, and twenty per cent disagreement about the same symphony.