Dizi Gigue from Svadharma by Richard Brookens Jazz
One of the more composed pieces on the CD, I play the Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute); Nicole Yarling played violin on the melody and scatted a great vocal solo. I conceived the melody as an Irish Gigue in a major scale and used a rhythm of 14/4 divided in half into two groups of seven, and then further sub-dividing it into 4-3-3-4. I think of this as a palindromic meter, and continue to enjoy playing this sort of rhythm. I first used this concept with this time signature in 'Botswana Waltz' on the 'Yellow Bell / bamboo dynasty' CD.
Tracklist
| 4. | Dizi Gigue | 5:45 |
Credits
Richard Brookens - Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute), Tablas, Tambourine
Nicole Yarling - Violin, Vocals
Fred Hsia - Guitar, Electric Bass
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Richard is an arranger/composer and multi-instrumentalist performing on saxophones (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone), flutes (C and Alto), and clarinets (Bb and Bass), Tabla drums (from India), Udu (Clay Pots), Native American Indian Flutes, and bamboo flutes from India (Bansuri) and China (Dizi).