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Polytonal Rhythm Series

do any of you use the exercises in emile de cosmo's "polytonal rhythm series" books? if so, do you have any tips on how to apply them to the piano? any thoughts on how effective they are for learning to improvise jazz piano?

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by Rid on 05/13/2005, 23:26

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i've used them a bit. as written, they're kind of stultifying. but i've found that the underlying idea of imposing a rhythm pattern on an exercise is a good one. now i routinely apply some of the patterns from the books on hanon, scale studies, etc. i found that my lines quickly started to get more interesting, and i heard the melodic tendencies in things better.

i like to either run one hand in pattern while accompanying with the other, or do different rhythms in each hadn (straight 8/16ths in one hand and a pattern in the other is a good place to start).

btw, the "continuous scale exercise" described by mark levine starting on page 120 of the jazz theory book (it's probably also in his piano book, i just don't know where) is a better way to absorb the scalar materials that de cosmo covers. if you combine with de cosmo-style rhthmicizing, it's truly excellent

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