Re: [Harp-L] Setting the Tempo

[Pat Seay <patrickseay11@xxxxxxx>]

Oooooooh I like that Iceman!!!

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On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:33 PM, The Iceman <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> sometimes a ponderous slow pace can be inspiration to do the song a little differently.
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> my top-40 band did my arrangement of Pointer Sisters "Slow Hand" very slow, and it worked great.
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> From: Elizabeth Hess <TrackHarpL@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 10:40 am
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Setting the Tempo
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> Oh, I do this, but unsuccessfully.  I think there's a fear factor involved:  I 
> worry that I'll rush it because I'm nervous, so I deliberately try to calm 
> myself down before giving the count, and the result seems to be that I 
> unintentionally slow myself down, too.
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> I do work hard on my timing -- I regularly practice with a metronome, work on 
> rhythm patterns as part of my ambient thought-chatter, and get compliments on my 
> playing from drummers.  (I cherish those, especially.)  It's  *tempo*  that I'm 
> having trouble with.
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> Maybe the vividness of remembering how awful it was to perform "Shake Your Hips" 
> at that ponderously (or, um, sinuously) slow pace Wednesday night will be enough 
> to get me to really go for it next time I try that song.  That particular bit of 
> hip shaking would have been more appropriate to Scheherazade than Slim Harpo, I 
> tell you true.
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> Elizabeth H. (aka "Tin Lizzie")
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> On Jan 4, 2013, at 9:02 AM, The Iceman wrote:
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>> Sing the song to yourself for a moment before you begin the count.
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