Video 5.4: Video Analysis of the Performance in the Studio Rehearsal

AHRC funded Performance in the Studio project – Mike Howlett produces a session of a song by Jo Beth Young with Chris Taylor on drums and Jonny Bridgwood on double bass. Jo Beth plays the song for the first time in rehearsal with a triplet or 12/8 feel. Mike stops her and they discuss that they have agreed it should have a ‘4’ feel instead of the ‘3’ – a 1/16^th note sub-division. Without much discussion they launch into a 1/16^th note version and, while the verbal discussion is about chord sequences and arrangement structure, they continue to change the rhythmic feel. The following provides a visual explanation of those changes.