Here is another track from the wonderful Disney tribute album DAVE DIGS DISNEY. This time the DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET tackles the Pinocchio classic Give a Little Whistle.
Here is an excerpt the ablum's producer, George Avakian, from the album's liner notes. It mentions counterpoint which is a musical style in which two different time signatures are played at the same time. In this case, it is Dave Brubeck on the piano playing in 4/4 and Paul Desmond on the sax playing 3/4.
"Give a Little Whistle" also features some counterpoint work by these two remarkable musicians. It is one of the earliest Disney tunes in the Dave Brubeck repertoire, and contains one thoroughly unexpected twist-possibly brought on by the fact that the boys have been playing it so long-which is the surprise ending. It's just one of those things that happened in the studio, and we liked it.
2 comments:
Great blog, enjoy it daily.
What you are referring to with the opposing meters is actually more accurately referred to as polymetric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_%28music%29#Polymeter
Anonymous, you called my bluff! Even though I am a musician, my grade 7 level piano doesn't really get into that sort of theory. Thanks for the links.
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