Once you hear "The Mexican Hat Dance" shifted left one Eighth note, starting on the downbeat, you can never unhear it shifted left one eighth note.
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:08 pm
by AndrewMeronek
Heh!
Sousa deliberately did something like that with the Washington Post March introduction: the hard hits on the 2nd beat were meant as a "turn around the beat" joke to confuse the dancers once the main melody starts.
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:33 pm
by officermayo
Had a band leader who sang Take Me Out To The Ball Game displaced by one note.
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:43 pm
by AtomicClock
Were people dancing to Sousa marches?
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:09 pm
by BGuttman
AtomicClock wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:43 pm
Were people dancing to Sousa marches?
Originally the tunes were called "One Step" or "Two Step" and there was a ballroom dance to them.
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:08 pm
by Crazy4Tbone86
harrisonreed wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:21 pmOnce you hear "The Mexican Hat Dance" shifted left one Eighth note, starting on the downbeat, you can never unhear it shifted left one eighth note.
I have been teaching this song to 4th grade instrument classes for about 30 years. They shift the rhythms left and right in eighth notes, quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, etc...... They also shift the pitches up and down every possible interval you could imagine (in other words, they play more wrong pitches than correct pitches).
I am choosing to "unhear it" this year. It's called retirement!
Re: Very serious theory topic
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:25 pm
by officermayo
AtomicClock wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:43 pm
Were people dancing to Sousa marches?
