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Using the seed rhythm

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Introduction

Introduction

SoundJunction took a short rhythm and gave it to a group of musicians to see what they’d do with it.

It came back in an orchestra, a jazz big band, an African ensemble – as a loop, backwards, broken up – find out what happened…

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Feature

Understanding the seed rhythm

Seeds

SoundJunction asked three composers to take a 'seed' rhythm and turn it into pieces. But what's actually inside the seed itself?

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Articles

Articles

Syncopation in the seed rhythm

A look at syncopation, one of the most important characteristics of the SoundJunction 'seed' rhythm.

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Eugene and Tunde

Using a rhythmic seed in Moving Away

Tunde Jegede explains how he went about creating an entire song from one simple rhythm in 'Moving Away'.

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Emerging Dances ensemble

Where’s the seed rhythm in Emerging Dances?

How does David Horne combine or develop the SoundJunction seed rhythm in 'Emerging Dances'? Six passages within the piece are singled out - test yourself.

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Section of a Double Bass

The seed rhythm: now you hear it, now you don’t

Jason Yarde uses the seed rhythm in the main bassline for his song 'Where will it take you?' But it's hidden – a question of feel and displacement...

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A 'Mind the Gap' sign on the London Underground

Mind the gap: adding rests in the seed rhythm

In this passage from 'Emerging Dances' composer David Horne takes the seed rhythm and inserts a blank space, or rest, in the middle of it. What’s the effect?

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