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Abstract
Dancing to the beat of offbeat or to the beat of unconventional it’s a creative and research project where I break down, combine and conceptualize different music styles from Latin America with odd meter time signatures into a portfolio of groove writing. My ultimate goal is to push boundaries and build bridges between different music cultures around the world and provide pedagogical material to fellow musicians that want to dive into this kind of exploration. Within the scope of this project there are transcriptions, exercises, arrangements, compositions and analysis that explain my process of rhythmic. assimilation, and how I combine different musical devices, such as harmony, inspired from reference artists, into my own musical language from all my years of experience from the classical music side, through jazz and popular music. Coming out of this experience I have set a foundation for a method book, pedagogical material for myself and other educators, and even further I have started a creative outlet for more original music and arrangements that hopefully will inspire others to keep creating as my mentors inspired me.
Publication Date
7-1-2023
Campus
Valencia (Spain) Campus
Keywords
creative-research project, composition, music education, portfolio, groove writing, rhythm, latin jazz, south american folklore.
Award
With Distinction
Recommended Citation
Bertel, Santiago. “Dancing to the beat of offbeats: Cooking odd meter grooves with Latin American Rhythms.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2023. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-contemporary-performance/257.