從Blues到Hip-Hop - Groove無所不在!

文 / 謝啟彬



The Truth is: If you never listened carefully to Jazz or say Swing Feel
then you will never gonna Rap well enough!

事實是:如果你從來沒有認真而仔細地去聆聽爵士樂
或是所謂的搖擺感
那你絕對無法饒舌地很好的!


T
he Groove wasn't "invented" by the Hip Hop Artists
「Groove」(律動;動能)並不是由嘻哈音樂家“發明”的
it's from Blues' Deep Root
它們來自藍調的深層底藴

it's from New Orleans Street Rhythm
它們來自紐奧良的街頭節奏

it's from R&B off-beat
它們來自節奏藍調的反拍

it's from Count Basie's Horn Section Riffs
它們來自貝西伯爵大樂團的銅管組短樂句

it's from Bird & Diz' Bebop phrases
它們來自查理帕與迪吉革勒斯比的咆勃樂句

it's from the "call-up" & "Speech" of James Brown
它們來自詹姆斯布朗的現場帶動與即席演說

it's from Funk Beat on Drums & Percussions
它們來自放克樂風的鼓與打擊樂器節拍

it's from Ella Fitzgerald's Non-Stopable Scat
它們來自艾拉費滋潔羅那源源不絕的擬聲唱法

it's from Bass Lines of many legendary Bassists
它們來自許多傳奇貝斯手的經典貝斯線條
i
t's from the Vocal Ad-lib of Soul
它們來自靈魂樂的人聲即興方式

it's from the Tradition of Motown
它們來自摩城之音的傳統

it's from Miles Davis' & Thelonious Monk's Syncopations
它們來自邁爾斯戴維斯與塞隆尼斯孟克的切分變化

it's from Stevie Wonder's Articulations
它們來自史帝夫汪達獨特的抑揚頓挫

it's from Bob Marley's Reggae
它們來自巴布馬利的雷鬼
it's from Afro-Cuban Music & Brazilian Music...
它們來自非洲古巴音樂與巴西音樂⋯


Are we going to teach History by book?
NO!
We are going to play in front of you!
And we will stop, rewind, slower-down, compare, vary...

我們不會照著書本裡頭的講,而是直接做給你看!
從這些蛛絲馬跡的比較與變化中,就能發現許多細節上的異同


Then you will find a very clear track in the history
and not divide every music styles from each other!

從Blues到Hip-Hop,我們會幫你把它們的種種都“接”起來,而且帶著滿滿的Groove回家!





源自西非的節奏律動到了北美紐奧良之後慢慢產生了質變
但是這就是「動能」(Groove)的最好詮釋 -
每個人負責不同的part,合起來時整個音樂會前進
而原本負責不同part的人,也會覺得被帶動前進而感到歡暢

樂譜是後來為了幫助記憶而使用,所以如果每次都是用傳統古典樂先視譜讀譜的方式來學習,切入點就是錯的了!

這是非常完美的示範:



來自以色列鼓手朋友的示範:










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