Originally Posted by
mostapha
What's all this talk about 4 bar phrases?
When did that become a mistake people make? I mean, yeah...the 5th measure of a phrase usually has something that signfies it, but it's not enough to call 4 bars a phrase. Every measure has an obvious downbeat, but that doesn't mean we're talking about 1-bar phrases.
It's a feel thing...
Almost everything in dance music is 8-bar phrases...occasionally they'll be a 1-2 bar turnaround at the end of the breakdown. Minimal is only substantially different, in my experience, because occasionally 2 or 3 phrases in a row will be identical, but if each measure in those phrases are identical, that's not minimal techno...that's boring (or occasionally "drone").
IDK...if you can't predict when things are going to change at least a couple bars ahead of time and KNOW whether it's the first or fifth measure of a phrase, you've got more listening to do before any of this is going to make sense.
Quick bar blues progressions change chords I to IV at measure 2 and measure 5, but it's not like you actually get lost as to which one is which. Numbers let us talk about it, but it's easier to feel it while you're playing...an that applies to DJ gear as well as guitars.
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