Re: [Harp-L] name that groove

[Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could ask for "shuffle" or "swing shuffle" or "swing".  A good  
thing to do is get with the drummer and vocalize the beat you want,  
"DIZH, dizh-da-DIZH, dizh-da-DIZH, dizh-da-DIZH," or whatever.   
Another thing to do is identify a well-known song with a similar  
groove and say, "It's like such-and-so."

Elizabeth


On Apr 16, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Robert Hale wrote:

> From: Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: April 16, 2011 3:36:48 PM CDT
> To: harp-L list <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] name that groove
>
>
> Friends,
> What is the name for that groove which isn't quite even-eighth  
> notes, and
> not quite dotted-eighth and sixteenth, but hanging in between? When  
> I want
> that beat, what do I ask for?
>
> Robert Hale
> http://www.dukeofwail.com
> Gilbert, Arizona (Phoenix)