Re: [Harp-L] Stairstepping and waterfalling

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 16, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Joe and Cass Leone wrote:

> Exactamundo Rick. I used to make up my own step and fall  
> combinations. Jitterbug Waltz, the Typewriter Song are a couple  
> neat ones.
>
> On Apr 16, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Rick Dempster wrote:
>
> > Joe mentions 'waterfalling' in relation to 'Take Five' and 'Harlem  
> > Nocturne', and possible others in the past.  I don't think he  
> > means anything too specific, just a concept of 'tumbling down' in  
> > some sort of repeating or sequential pattern. In 'Take 5', I would  
> > guess he's talking about the bridge, which is a descending scale  
> > or step pattern, and in 'Harlem Nocturne', it's the descending  
> > stacks of fourths.
> > I'd suggest another pretty obvious one, but this time concerning  
> > thirds, would be the 'A' (as in AABA pattern -verse, verse,  
> > bridge, verse) parts in 'Jitterbug Waltz'.
> > Is that someting like, Joe?
> > RD