Foot Print https://youtube/watch?v=62p-CXrYmf4 Rhythm Whilst often written in 3/4 or 6/4, it is not a jazz waltz, since the feel alternates between simple meter and compound meter. On Miles Smiles (Miles Davis), the band playfully explores the correlation between African-based 12/8 (or 6/8), and 4/4. Drummer Tony Williams freely moves from swing, to the three-over-two cross rhythm—and to its 4/4 correlative.[1] The ground of four main beats is maintained throughout the piece. The bass switches to 4/4 . Carter’s 4/4 figure is known as tresillo in Afro-Cuban music and is the duple-pulse correlative of the 12/8 figure.[2] This may have been the first overt expression of systemic, African-based cross-rhythm used by a straight ahead jazz group. During Davis’s first trumpet solo, Williams shifts to a 4/4 jazz ride pattern while Carter continues the 12/8 bass line. The following example shows the 12/8 and 4/4 forms of the bass line. The slashed noteheads indicate the main beats (not bass notes), where one ordinarily taps their foot to keep time.
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